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blue-green en · ADJ

Etymology

From blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism

Meanings

1. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.
   • The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper. 2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 44:
2. Synonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism.

Forms

Deriveds

blue-green alga · blue-green bacteria

Relateds

yellow-green · bleen · grue

Synonyms

aquamarine (of a color between blue and green) · ecocapitalist · green-blue (of a color between blue and green) · turquoise (of a color between blue and green)

blue-green en · NOUN

Etymology

From blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of blue green.
   alt of blue green

Forms

Translations (18)

lzh-lit 青 (color between blue and green) · eo glaŭka (color between blue and green) · grc γλαυκός (color between blue and green) · pt verde-água (color between blue and green) · it bluverde (color between blue and green) · pl kolor niebieskozielony (color between blue and green) · cs zelenomodrý (color between blue and green) · az göy-yaşıl (color between blue and green) · gd gorm (color between blue and green) · fi sinivihreä (color between blue and green) · it blu-verde (color between blue and green) · la venetus (color between blue and green) · ja 碧 (color between blue and green) · fr bleu-vert (color between blue and green) · ja 青緑 (color between blue and green) · ca blauverd (color between blue and green) · eo bluverda (color between blue and green) · de blaugrün (color between blue and green)