viridescent
Turning slightly verdant
Viridescent means greenish or becoming green.
The word appears in literary and scientific contexts to describe things with a green tinge or things turning green: viridescent leaves unfurling in spring, a viridescent patina on old bronze.
It's a formal alternative to simply saying greenish.
Light-harvesting plant pigment
- sageWisdom keeper or seasoning
- olivePitted briny fruit
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- jadeCarved ornamental mineral
seafoam · lime · fern · moss · celadon · malachite · pistachio · chartreuse
Seeds beginning growth
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- germinatingStarting to grow
- unfurlingOpening from rolled state
- emergingComing into view
incipient · developing · fresh · vernal · springlike · young · tender · dewy
chlorophyll
Light-harvesting plant pigment
jade · seafoam · lime · fern · moss · celadon · malachite · pistachio · chartreuse · avocado
sprouting
Seeds beginning growth
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- germinatingStarting to grow
- unfurlingOpening from rolled state
emerging · incipient · developing · fresh · vernal · springlike · young · tender · dewy · unripe
leafy
Having abundant foliage
herbaceous · lush · overgrown · sylvan · pastoral · foliage · canopy · undergrowth · frond · tendril