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: a variable color averaging a light bluish green that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than robin's-egg blue (see robin's-egg blue sense 2), greener, lighter, and stronger than Eton blue, and slightly paler and very slightly greener than turquoise (see turquoise sense 2b)
2
: a light yellowish green that is greener, stronger, and slightly lighter than pistachio, yellower and paler than apple green (see apple green sense 2), greener and deeper than ocean green, and deeper than crayon green
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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