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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
On Wednesday, gleaming Lincoln Navigators and Cadillac Escalades cruised down a main drag, past tidy green lawns before disappearing into residential communities hidden behind sand-colored gates.
Many had whistles — pink, black, orange, green — around their necks.
For Prado, the project began with a simple question: how can this plant remain green and healthy when most others would wither within hours?
"I am so, so happy. Today I was able to read the lines on the greens well, it was perfect," said the 32-year-old Asaji.
But the green cynic changes his tune once he's wowed by some of the low price products on offer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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