Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Greenness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greenness \Green"ness\, n. [AS. gr[=e]nnes. See {Green.}]
1. The quality of being green; viridity; verdancy; as, the
greenness of grass, or of a meadow.
2. Freshness; vigor; newness.
3. Immaturity; unripeness; as, the greenness of fruit;
inexperience; as, the greenness of youth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
greenness
n 1: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {verdancy}, {verdure}]
2: the state of not being ripe [ant: {ripeness}]
3: the property of being green; resembling the color of growing
grass [syn: {green}, {viridity}]
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