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adjective as in young, new, blooming
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budding, burgeoning, developing, flourishing, foliate, growing, immature, infant, juvenile, maturing, pullulating, recent, sprouting, supple, unripe
adjective as in inexperienced
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callow, cherry, credulous, gullible, ignorant, inexpert, ingenuous, naive, unconversant, unpolished, unpracticed, unskillful, unsophisticated, untrained, unversed, wet behind the ears, youthful
adjective as in emerald in color
adjective as in referring to practices or policies that do not negatively affect the environment
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biodegradable, ecological, environment-friendly, environmental, environmentally-safe
Example Sentences
The gym, the recovery rooms, the green, green grass of England's home.
All around me were crumbling walls that revealed their history in layers, like rings on a tree: from grey stone, to copper colored brick, to cement, to the green and white flaking paint.
Shale gas is also a fossil fuel, and campaigners say allowing fracking could distract energy firms and governments from investing in renewable and green sources of energy.
Prof Marsden added: "If these ideas work then we really could give space back to communities for play or green space."
The trees were sprouting green shoots and to the naked eye appeared healthy — the only sign of life on the side of the street where historic Janes Village homes burned and some neighbors perished.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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