greens

Meanings

Noun

• Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
• Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
• Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
• The green uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
• Plural of green

Verb

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of green

Origin

• From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten, West Frisian grienten, Dutch groenten, German Low German Gröönten, Danish grøntsager, Swedish grönsaker.
• From green.