Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GREEN'NESS
GREEN'NESS, n.
- The quality of being green; viridity; as, the greenness of grass or of a meadow.
- Immaturity; unripeness; in a literal or figurative sense; as, the greenness of fruit; the greenness of youth.
- Freshness; vigor. South.
- Newness.
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