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blue-green

[bloo-green] / ˈbluˈgrin /


NOUN
turquoise
Synonyms


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The picture he posted was a head shot with a blue-green nose.

From Los Angeles Times

The blue-green blooms can make humans ill and be fatal to animals.

From BBC

Other times, algae and cyanobacteria, photosynthetic bacteria also called blue-green algae, feed on urea directly.

From Scientific American

Most accounts of bioluminescence, on land and at sea, describe blue-green flashes and gleams, sometimes stimulated by disturbance, as with Aristotle's rod.

From Scientific American

Fluorescent pigments absorbed blue-green light, which is the main wavelength that reaches into deeper water.

From Science Magazine