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green
Noun
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One of the colors people can see:
green
Adjective
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Something that is green in color.
The grass is green.
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A fruit that is not ripe (ready to eat).
The banana was still green.
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A person who is new at an activity.
He was a new journalist and quite green.
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A person who has envy.
She turned green when she saw my dress.
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Something that protects the environment.
Saving that tree was a green thing to do.
poison
Noun
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Poison is a substance that makes people sick or kills them if it gets into their body.
He put out poison to get rid of the mice.
Some snakes can deliver poison by biting you.
poison
Verb
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If mathx/math poisons mathy/math, mathx/math puts poison in mathy/math.
They poisoned the king's food.
He poisoned the ants to get rid of them.
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If something poisons a person or animal, it makes them sick, or kills them chemically.
The drugs that he used were slowly poisoning him.
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If something poisons someone's mind, it puts bad thoughts there.
frog
Noun
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A small hopping amphibian.