Meanings
plural blue greens
- countableuncountableA bluish green colour.
- countableuncountablegovernmentAn ecocapitalist; a person concerned with ecocapitalism.
- countableuncountableA blue-green alga.
Blue-greens were the principal primary producers throughout the Proterozoic eon from 2.5 billion to 543 million years ago.
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 287
- Alternative form of blue-green.
- not comparableOf a bluish green colour.
- not comparablegovernmentSynonym of ecocapitalist; Pertaining to ecocapitalism
Synonyms: ecocapitalist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of ecocapitalist; Pertaining to ecocapitalism
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Origin
* blue + green * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch appelblauwzeegroen
- appelblauwzeegroencolour/color
Esperanto bluverda, glaŭka
- bluverdacolour/color
- glaŭkacolour/color
French bleu-vert
- bleu-vertcolour/color
Italian verde acqua
- verde acquacolour/color
Māori namu
- namucolour/color
Polish niebieskozielony
- niebieskozielonycolour/color
Portuguese azul-esverdeado, azul-água
- azul-esverdeadocolour/color
- azul-águacolour/color
Romanian albastru-verzui
- albastru-verzuicolour/color
Russian си́не-зелёный
- си́не-зелёный (síne-zeljónyj)colour/color
Tagalog bughawing lunti
- bughawing lunticolour/color
Ukrainian си́ньо-зеле́ний
- си́ньо-зеле́ний (sýnʹo-zelényj)colour/color
Cite this entry
blue green. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20green
“blue green.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20green. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue green,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue%20green.
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