as in vegetation
green leaves or plants Scottish highlands covered with lush greenery

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Recent Examples of greenery The property features such abundant greenery that the boundary between indoors and outdoors beautifully blurs. Malik Peay, USA Today, 24 May 2025 Add a natural element to your tablescape (and save money!), by decorating with greenery and blossoms from your own yard. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 May 2025 If your rooms don’t have any greenery in them, get yourself to your local plant shop — stat! Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025 The video begins with an overhead shot of the massive property, offering a direct view of the home’s surrounding greenery and now-empty pool in the backyard. Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for greenery
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Noun
  • There's something about the mountains, vegetation, and the size of the valleys, plus the coast and islands.
    Thor Pedersen, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2025
  • Nonselective herbicides kill all vegetation (including turfgrasses) and are used in lawn renovation or for weeds not controlled by selective herbicides.
    Dee Dee Kerscher, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Trees provide essential structure to the landscape, and many also offer seasonal bursts of color through flowers or foliage.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
  • Images were taken of the animal peeking through the forest foliage, then walking out onto a road and away from the viewer, according to the post.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Cultivating the flora and fauna on site—or completely replacing them—is part of the one upmanship.
    Hannah Seligson, Robb Report, 19 June 2025
  • Located about three-quarters of the way down the Florida Keys at Mile Marker 37, on Big Pine Key, this gem is one of Florida's southernmost state parks, with flora and fauna that originated in the Caribbean.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 19 June 2025

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“Greenery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greenery. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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