What does "leek-green" mean?

Having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.

What is a synonym for "leek-green"?

Common synonyms include: porraceous, prasine, prasinous.

Leek-green

adj

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Adjective

1
Having a light green colour as that of the top part of a leek.
"Oat crops are for the most part leek-green and promising well; some of the brown oats are whitening to harvest, and on some farms (outlying) are in stook."

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porraceous prasine prasinous

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"Oat crops are for the most part leek-green and promising well; some of the brown oats are whitening to harvest, and on some farms (outlying) are in stook."

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