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adjectiveleek-green (comparative more leek-green, superlative most leek-green)
comparative more leek-green · superlative most leek-green
- Having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.
Oat crops are for the most part leek-green and promising well; some of the brown oats are whitening to harvest, and on some farms (outlying) are in stook.
1927, The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, page 4, column 3Synonyms: porraceous, prasine, prasinous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.
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