a variety of green resembling the colour of willow-leaves.

The name of a pale shade of green resembling that of the willow.

a light green, like that of a young plant.

(a) adj. that is of a very pale green colour; (b) n. this colour.

French for ‘water’, occurring in the names of several liquids, used as scents or in medicine, as See… a pale green colour supposed to resemble that…

A pale bluish green colour supposedly resembling that of the Nile. Also as adj. Cf. eau-de-nil n. at eau, n. d.

The green colour of this spirit.

A pale green colour, similar to that of the mignonette flower. Cf. mignonette, n. 2d.

The name of a colour: see quot.

A colour resembling that of the flowers of mignonette; greyish green or greenish white.

A shade of colour; a pale apple-green.

With colour words, forming adjectives and nouns, as water-grey, water-green, water-white. See also water blue, n. adj. Cf. watery, adj. compounds 2.

The colour Nile blue or Nile green.

A pale green fashion shade.

A pale green shade or tint of the colour of willow leaves; = willow-green n. at compounds 2c below.

Any of various pale green colours associated with peppermint-flavoured drinks or sweets. Cf. sense B.

In full, kelly green. A light green colour. Originally U.S.