n. The leaves of certain edible green plants, especially of brassicas, eaten as a vegetable.
n. Any vegetables eaten by humans, regardless of colour.
v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of green.
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n. any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables
Word Usage
"In the spring of the year the farmers were very fond of a dish which they called greens, though the fashionable name for it now-a-days is spinach, I believe."