Definition of greenery
greeneries
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Examples of greenery in a Sentence
The restaurant was adorned with greenery.
the lush greenery of the islands
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Like the Amazon spheres, the dome will also have some greenery, though not on the scale of the mini-urban forest being created by Amazon.
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Pate prefers lots of greenery and small accent flowers instead of gargantuan blooms.
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More than a dozen long banquet tables held the various types and shades of pink, purple, white and yellow greenery.
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When the midday sun hits, there are shaded walkways, greenery and cooling channels of burbling water.
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The vast greenery will turn yellow in the dry summer heat, becoming a source of fuel for wildfires.
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The only substantial greenery is clustered at a farm irrigated by desalinated water piped miles away from the coast and a roadside McDonald’s.
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First Known Use of greenery
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greeneries
: green plants or foliage
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