greenery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   green leaves, plants, or vegetation considered collectively

   Dense greenery hid the old stone wall from the road.

2. 2
   noun

   foliage used as decoration

   The hall was dressed with winter greenery for the celebration.

Formed from green with the collective noun suffix -ery. It first denoted green vegetation generally and later also foliage gathered for decoration.

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