rainette green

noun

rai·​nette green

rāˈnet-

: a moderate yellow green that is paler than average moss green and yellower and duller than average pea green or apple green (see apple green sense 1)

Word History

Etymology

French rainette tree frog, diminutive of raine frog, from Latin rana, probably of imitative origin

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