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English
Etymology
green + -ery
Pronunciation
Noun
greenery (usually uncountable, plural greeneries)
- Green foliage or verdure.
- Foliage used as decoration.
- (slang) Marijuana.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
Derived terms
Translations
green foliage
- Belarusian: зе́лень f (zjéljenʹ), зеляні́на f (zjeljanína), раслі́ннасць f (raslínnascʹ)
- Bulgarian: зеленина́ (bg) f (zeleniná), расти́телност f (rastítelnost)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 草木 (zh) (cǎomù), 植被 (zh) (zhíbèi), 綠色植物/绿色植物 (zh) (lǜsè zhíwù)
- Finnish: viherkasvi (fi)
- French: feuillage (fr) m, verdure (fr) f
- Italian: verdura (it) f
- Polish: roślinność (pl) f, zieleń (pl) f
- Portuguese: verdura (pt) f
- Russian: зе́лень (ru) f (zélenʹ), расти́тельность (ru) f (rastítelʹnostʹ)
- Swedish: grönska (sv) c
- Ukrainian: зе́лень f (zélenʹ), зеле́нощі f pl (zelénošči), росли́нність (uk) f (roslýnnistʹ), зелени́на f (zelenýna)
- Yiddish: גרינס n (grins)
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foliage used as decoration
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