groen

Definitions of groen
  1. noun
    green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
    synonyms: sinopel
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    chromaatgroen
    a brilliant green color
    olijfgroen
    a color that is lighter and greener than olive
    chartreuse
    a shade of green tinged with yellow
    wintertaling
    a blue-green color or pigment
  2. noun
    any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
    synonyms: bladgroente, groente, milieupartij, sinopel, vegetabiliën
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    snijbiet
    long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves
    raapstelen
    tender leaves of young white turnips
    spinazie
    dark green leaves; eaten cooked or raw in salads
    sla
    leaves of any of various plants of Lactuca sativa
    lof, witlof
    crisp spiky leaves with somewhat bitter taste
    krulandijvie, lof, witlof
    variety of endive having leaves with irregular frilled edges
    kers, sterkers, sterrekers, sterrenkers, tuinkers
    pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
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    groente
    edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
  3. noun
    green foliage
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    blad, bladerdak, festoen, feston, gebladerte, lofwerk, loof, loofwerk, lover
    the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
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