greenery
(ˈgriːnərɪ)
[f. green a. or n. + -ery.]
1. Green foliage or vegetation; verdure.
| 1797 Coleridge Kubla Khan 11 Here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. 1856 Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh i. 574 The out-door world with all its greenery. 1876 Green Stray Stud. 388 Steeps clothed from top to bottom in the thick greenery of the lemon or orange. 1893 R. Kipling Many Invent. 203 After an hour's riding through the greenery, he heard a rustle. |
2. Green branches or leaves used for decoration. (Rarely pl.)
| 1867 Trollope Chron. Barset i. xvi. 132 The greeneries of the winter had not been stuck up in the old-fashioned, idle way. 1885 A. Brassey The Trades 495 The pictures..wreathed with myrtles, and other greenery. 1887 Bowen Virg. æneid iv. 459 In snow-white fillets and festal greenery crowned. |
3. A place where plants are reared, kept, or exhibited.
| 1847 Craig, Greenery, a place for green plants. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 10 Apr. 5/3 The greeneries of the Thiergarten. |