green around the gills

The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between yellow and blue, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 490 to 570 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue is that of the emerald or somewhat less yellow than that of growing grass; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.

Something green in color.

greens Green growth or foliage, especially:

1. The branches and leaves of plants used for decoration.

2. Leafy plants or plant parts eaten as vegetables.

3. A grassy area located usually at the center of a city or town and set aside for common use; a common.

4. Sports A putting green.

A grassy lawn or plot, especially:

1. A grassy area located usually at the center of a city or town and set aside for common use; a common.

2. Sports A putting green.

greens A green uniform: "a young . . . sergeant in dress greens" (Nelson DeMille).

Slang Money.

Green A supporter of a social and political movement that espouses global environmental protection, bioregionalism, social responsibility, and nonviolence.

Of the color green.

Abounding in or covered with green growth or foliage: the green woods.

Made with green or leafy vegetables: a green salad.

Characterized by mild or temperate weather: a green climate.

Youthful; vigorous: at the green age of 18.

Not mature or ripe; young: green tomatoes.

Brand-new; fresh.

Not yet fully processed, especially:

1. Not aged: green wood.

2. Not cured or tanned: green pelts.

3. Lacking sophistication or worldly experience; naive.

4. Easily duped or deceived; gullible.

5. Beneficial to the environment: green recycling policies.

6. Favoring or supporting environmentalism: green legislators who strengthened pollution controls.

Lacking training or experience. See Synonyms at young.

1. Lacking sophistication or worldly experience; naive.

2. Easily duped or deceived; gullible.

3. Beneficial to the environment: green recycling policies.

4. Favoring or supporting environmentalism: green legislators who strengthened pollution controls.

Having a sickly or unhealthy pallor indicative of nausea or jealousy, for example.

1. Beneficial to the environment: green recycling policies.

2. Favoring or supporting environmentalism: green legislators who strengthened pollution controls.

The organ that enables most aquatic animals to take dissolved oxygen from the water. It consists of a series of membranes that have many small blood vessels. Oxygen passes into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide passes out of it as water flows across the membranes.

One of the thin strips of tissue on the underside of the cap of many species of basidiomycete fungi. Gills produce the spore-bearing structures known as basidia.