green fingers

plural noun

Examples of green fingers in a Sentence

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Like gardening, some chemists have green fingers and can seem to make almost anything grow, work, reactions go. Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 Then in late June, the flowers finally gave way to a mass of curled green fingers: the unmistakable shape of bananas in a bunch. Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024 The longleaf pine’s branches arch toward the sky, each bud bursting with spindly green fingers. Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 24 July 2023 His tiny, green fingers were flared across Waldo’s fur. Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018 In other words, S.A.I.D. usually looks nothing like Steve, with its long purplish streak and green fingers. Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of green fingers was in 1980

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“Green fingers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/green%20fingers. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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