as in vegetation
green leaves or plants
Scottish highlands covered with lush greenery
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Recent Examples of greenery
There was a main stage covered in greenery and mist, to evoke an unspoiled hillside.
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
There’s something healing about caring for greenery, and there are multiple benefits to keeping them in your space.
—Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Our property is surrounded by this lush, beautiful greenery, and that backdrop of the jungle.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
There’s something healing about caring for greenery, and there are multiple benefits to keeping them in your space.
—Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Our property is surrounded by this lush, beautiful greenery, and that backdrop of the jungle.
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Those tendrils of greenery would act as invitations worth accepting, passageways to Queens’s own central park, a haven of natural beauty, noisy play, quiet retreat, and social gathering.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for greenery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greenery
Noun
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Lots of trees and other vegetation will mask the center’s five, 270,000-square-foot buildings from neighbors, Jones said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
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Standing vegetation may not be cut, burned or removed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Leaf-peeping and other fun fall activities With the change of seasons and fall foliage reappearing, many people enjoy scenic train rides, photography, and leaf-peeping, or going out to see the fall colors.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other fall foliage options that are unique to Mackinac include catching the colors from the water on a kayak tour.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Both real and faux flora work well for this project.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Along the narrow, two‑lane mountain road were slopes on either side, planted with rice or else wild with tropical flora and giant ferns.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Greenery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greenery. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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