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PEA-GREEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pea-green mean? 

PEA-GREEN (adjective)
  The adjective PEA-GREEN has 1 sense:

1. of a moderate slightly yellowish-green colorplay

  Familiarity information: PEA-GREEN used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEA-GREEN (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a moderate slightly yellowish-green color

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)


 Context examples 


Lord, how some of that Somaliland-Uganda crowd would turn a beautiful pea-green if they saw it!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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