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Word entry · 6 letters

greens

Best crossword clue

"Salad leaves"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹiːnz/Part of speech nounSorted eegnrsStarts with GEnds with S2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

Word origin

From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).

Used in a sentence

  • salad greens
  • collard greens
  • If you're a beginning gardener and have never grown a vegetable in your life before, try greens. You'll find no easier group of vegetables to grow than greens.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Salad leaves6 letters
02Leafy vegetables6 letters

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