leafy greens

noun

Leaf vegetables.

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nounleafy greens pl (plural only)

alternative rare leavy greens

  1. pluralplural onlyLeaf vegetables.

    Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.

    2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2025

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