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VIRIDITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

Synonyms:

green; greenness; viridity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("viridity" is a kind of...):

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viridity"):

greenishness (the property of being somewhat green)

sea green (the property of a moderate green color resembling the waters of the sea)

sage green (the color of sage leaves)

bottle green (dark to moderate or greyish green)

chrome green (a brilliant green color)

emerald (the green color of an emerald)

olive-green; olive green (a color that is lighter and greener than olive)

chartreuse; Paris green; pea green; yellow green; yellowish green (a shade of green tinged with yellow)

blue green; bluish green; teal (a blue-green color or pigment)

jade; jade green (a light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green)

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