greens

Putting surface grass

Greens are leafy vegetables, especially dark ones like spinach, kale, and collard greens: She cooked a pot of greens with ham hocks.

In golf, greens are the closely mown areas around each hole.

Greens can also mean money, from the color of U.S. currency.

As a political term, greens are environmentalists or members of a Green Party: The greens pushed for stronger climate legislation. (Capitalized Greens typically refers to the political party.)

vegetable

kale

Loose-leafed cabbage relative

collards · chard · bok choy · romaine · watercress · mizuna · radicchio · escarole · salad

verdant

foliage

Plant's leafy covering

grass · lawn · meadow · garden · forest · grove · canopy · emerald · jade · olive

currency

money

Currency for transactions

bills · banknotes · paper money · wealth · funds

golf

fairway

Groomed golf strip

  • teeGolf ball support
  • bogeyOne over par
  • parExpected stroke count

birdie · eagle · links · caddie · wedge · putter · bunker · rough · hazard · stroke

Categories
Opposites
vegetable type

greensroot vegetables

Edible underground plant parts

roots · tubers · potatoes · carrots · beets

color spectrum

greensreds

Crimson-colored things collectively

magentas · pinks · purples · crimsons · violets

golf course terrain

greensbunkers

Fortified underground chambers

fairways · tee boxes · sand traps · hazards · rough

Phrases
Family

green, greenery, evergreen, greener, greening, greenest, greened, greensward, regreened

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G