blue-green

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.
  2. Synonym of ecocapitalist; concerning ecocapitalism.
noun
  1. Alternative form of blue green.

Word forms

blue-green more blue-green most blue-green blue-greens

Etymology

From blue + green. * (color): Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English. * (politics): from blue representing conservatism and green representing environmentalism

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