GREENERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greenery mean? 

• GREENERY (noun)
  The noun GREENERY has 1 sense:

1. green foliage

  Familiarity information: GREENERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Green foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

greenery; verdure

Hypernyms ("greenery" is a kind of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

Derivation:

green (turn or become green)

 Context examples 

From one window there thrust forth a long pole with a bunch of greenery tied to the end of it—a sign that liquor was to be sold within.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This would be a perfect weekend to take an unplanned trip to a woodland, mountainous area (Taurus is all about nature and greenery).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Over five years those whose homes were surrounded by more greenery were less likely to suffer a stroke, heart attack or high blood pressure.

(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study conducted by the University of Exeter's medical school into the impact of urban greenery on asthma suggests that respiratory health can be improved by the expansion of tree cover in very polluted urban neighbourhoods.

(Asthma Attacks Reduced in Tree-Lined Urban Neighborhoods, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Near to the pathway lay a long clump of greenery, and from behind this there stuck straight up into the air four human legs clad in parti-colored hosen, yellow and black.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was joyful to hear the merry whistle of blackbirds as they darted from one clump of greenery to the other.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)