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greenery

[gree-nuh-ree] / ˈgri nə ri /




NOUN
verdure
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Elordi, who hails from Brisbane, is a little more hopeful about the future of the climate in the context of the film - pointing to other parts where you can see lush expanses of greenery.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The outside of the property comes complete with lush greenery, direct beach access, and advanced security.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

"One approach is to set the building back from the street and... to arrange greenery so that, at eye level, its presence doesn't feel so overwhelming," Jouzuka told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

“There are concrete houses and structures taking the place of greenery and that’s also adding heat to the atmosphere,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

An immersion into greenery and sunlight will surely help me sort out my thoughts.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

I stared after her for a moment or more, watching the pretty brown dress flashing in and out of shadow among the ragged greeneries, shafts of sunshine now and then flashing upon her hair.

From The Guest of Quesnay by Booth Tarkington

They had visited the Coliseum, at that period still overhung with ivy garlands and trailing greeneries, and not, as now, scraped clean and bare and "tidied" out of much of its picturesqueness.

From What Katy Did Next by Susan Coolidge

At home they had had some lilac bushes and a row of peonies; here were acres of greeneries, filled with flowers of gorgeous and unimaginable splendor, and rare plants from every part of the world.

From Samuel the Seeker by Upton Sinclair

The way into the heart of the city led among its statues and greeneries.

From The Story of a Life by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis

Flask Walk, which leads out of the high street among old houses and greeneries, brings us to the shadowy Well Walk, with its overarching trees and with many living memories masoned into its dead walls.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe




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