bottle-green


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bottle green

n.
A dark to moderate or grayish green.

bot′tle-green′ adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.bottle-green - of a dark to moderate greyish green color
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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bottle-green

[ˈbɒtlˈgriːn]
A. ADJverde botella adj inv
B. Nverde m botella
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He had a long wide-skirted bottle-green coat on, and a bottle-green pair of trousers, and a bottle-green waistcoat.
They appeared to be destitute of tools of any kind, yet there were bows and arrows very well made; the former were formed of pine, cedar, or bone, strengthened by sinews, and the latter of the wood of rosebushes, and other crooked plants, but carefully straightened, and tipped with stone of a bottle-green color.
He wore a bottle-green spencer over a blue coat; a white waistcoat, grey mixture pantaloons, and Wellington boots drawn over them.
Richard Jones had set off his dapper little form in a frock of bottle-green, with bullet-buttons, by one of which the sides were united over his well-rounded waist, opening above, so as to show a jacket of red cloth, with an undervest of flannel, faced with green velvet, and below, so as to exhibit a pair of buckskin breeches, with long, soiled, white top-boots, and spurs; one of the latter a little bent, from its recent attacks on the stool.
Inchbare's best gown--an ancient and high-waisted silk garment, of the hue called "bottle-green," pinned up in front, and trailing far behind her--with a short, orange-colored shawl over her shoulders, and a towel tied turban fashion round her head, to dry her wet hair, looked at once the strangest and the prettiest human anomaly that ever was seen.
*** Two young female teachers headed a snake of bottle-green girls, putting on a hearty, wayfaring air: the blonde girl and the majestic-figured Isolde.
Ali looked radiant in a bright mustard lehenga-choli, designed by her longtime friend Mehdi, which she had paired with bottle-green bangles and a choker.
She was last seen wearing a bottle-green parka style jacket, a white shirt, black trousers and Dr Marten boots.
Last March, police recovered a bottle-green Lexus GS300 she was last seen in on August 31, 2011, from a Wisbech scrapyard.
Bottle-green featured heavily on her autumn/winter catwalk, as did the addition of Peter Pan collars.