greenery

English

Etymology

From green +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːnəɹi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -iːnəɹi

Noun

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greenery

Wikipedia

greenery (usually uncountable, plural greeneries)

1. Green foliage or verdure.
2. Foliage used as decoration.
3. (slang) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

Derived terms

• evergreenery
• greenery-yallery

Translations

green foliage

Belarusian: зе́лень f (zjéljenʹ), зеляні́на f (zjeljanína), раслі́ннасць f (raslínnascʹ) Bulgarian: зеленина́ (bg) f (zeleniná), расти́телност f (rastítelnost) Chinese: Mandarin: 草木 (zh) (cǎomù), 植被 (zh) (zhíbèi), 綠色植物 / 绿色植物 (zh) (lǜsè zhíwù) Czech: zeleň (cs) f Finnish: viherkasvi (fi) French: feuillage (fr) m, verdure (fr) f Italian: verdura (it) f Marathi: वनराई f (vanrāī) Ottoman Turkish: یشیللك (yeşillik) Polish: roślinność (pl) f, zieleń (pl) f Portuguese: verdura (pt) f Russian: зе́лень (ru) f (zélenʹ), расти́тельность (ru) f (rastítelʹnostʹ) Spanish: follaje (es) m, frondosidad (es) f, vegetación (es) f, plantaje m Swedish: grönska (sv) c Turkish: yeşillik (tr) Ukrainian: зе́лень f (zélenʹ), зеле́нощі f pl (zelénošči), росли́нність (uk) f (roslýnnistʹ), зелени́на f (zelenýna) Yiddish: גרינס n (grins)

foliage used as decoration

Bulgarian: зеле́на укра́са f (zeléna ukrása) Chinese: Mandarin: 草木 (zh) (cǎomù), 植被 (zh) (zhíbèi), 綠色植物 / 绿色植物 (zh) (lǜsè zhíwù) Finnish: viherkasvit pl Italian: verde (it) m Polish: zieleń (pl) f Portuguese: folhagem (pt) f Russian: зелёные ве́тви f pl (zeljónyje vétvi), листва́ (ru) f (listvá) Turkish: yeşillik (tr) Yiddish: גרינס n (grins)

marijuana — see marijuana

See also

• vegetation