Definition of chartreuse
: a variable color averaging a brilliant yellow green
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Larry and David Sisson from Wingo, Kentucky, who finished second in the tournament, fished Yellow Creek on Pickwick using black/chartreuse jigs.
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The Last Word Jeff Banks of C. Ellet’s in Atlanta recommends this combination of gin, green chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and fresh lime juice.
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Whisk in the egg yolks, sugar, salt and chartreuse, if using.
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Your colorful service for 12 includes chartreuse (most popular), coral and gray.
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Katie’s mustard lettuce is a crinkly chartreuse, and the leaves form bouquets.
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Tie on jigs in chartreuse, orange and white, with twister tails ranging from neon green to watermelon flake.
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Other style statements: Emma Stone's chartreuse Elie Saab in 2015 and Ruth Negga's crimson lace Valentino in 2017.
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But there was also amaranth, chartreuse, passion purple and a host of other showstopping, vibrant tones seen backstage.
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