holly green

noun

1

: a dark yellowish green that is greener, stronger, and very slightly darker than average palm green, greener, lighter, and stronger than deep chrome green or average hunter green, and greener and deeper than golf green

2

: a moderate olive green that is yellower and paler than forest green and yellower, lighter, and stronger than cypress or Lincoln green

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