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Greene Moderate

Greene has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)

"Greene wrote many famous novels during his lifetime as an English novelist and Catholic."

Adjective
1

Obsolete spelling of green

"The ancient manuscript was filled with greene leaves that had long since turned brown."

In plain English: Greene means green, referring to the color of grass and leaves.

"The trees turned greener after the spring rain."

Proper Noun
1

A surname, from Middle English, a variant of Green.

"The Greene family has lived in the village since the seventeenth century."

Example Sentences
"The trees turned greener after the spring rain." adj
"The greene leaves danced in the spring breeze." adj
"She wore a greene scarf to match her eyes." adj
"The old garden grew wild and overgrown with greene plants." adj
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