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kentucky green

noun, often capitalized K

Definition of kentucky green 

: a dark yellowish green that is yellower and less strong than holly green (see holly green sense 1), lighter and stronger than deep chrome green, yellower and darker than golf green, and yellower, lighter, and stronger than average hunter green

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