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greenery

[gree-nuh-ree]

noun

plural

greeneries 
  1. green foliage or vegetation; verdure.

  2. a place where green plants are grown or kept.



greenery

/ ˈɡːəɪ /

noun

  1. green foliage or vegetation, esp when used for decoration

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of greenery1

First recorded in 1790–1800; green + -ery
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It is a quintessentially British tennis experience: punters dressed in their finery, Pimm's in full flow and a beautiful setting, with as much care taken of the flowers and greenery as the pristine courts.

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Presented in a tray lined with greenery, it was designed to resemble mushrooms growing from the forest floor, with pomme purée, black truffle, potato “soil,” and pickled hon-shimeji.

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Just before I leave, Bunbury invites me to step into a large wooden balcony overlooking the sprawling greenery of Topanga Canyon.

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As warm spring weather and effusions of greenery spread across our disordered continent, Americans are understandably mesmerized by the widening chaos, unresolved conflict and bottomless corruption of Donald Trump’s second presidency.

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Lush greenery peeks through the windows above a lattice he constructed to mount canvases of various sizes.

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