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deep green

noun

  1. a person, esp a politician, who is in favour of taking extreme measures to tackle environmentalist issues
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. in favour of or relating to extreme measures to tackle environmentalist issues

    deep green environmentalists

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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For instance, an old formulation of the fertilizer Ironite, popular for creating deep green lawns, was ultimately banned in Canada in 1997 and the subject of lawsuits in the U.S.

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That’s because the twisty, spindly room centerpiece with large, pointy, deep green leaves is no ordinary tree.

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He strutted around the deep green football fields like a new father, shouting and gesturing and celebrating with cheers and compliments and a loudly blown whistle.

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Six thousand trees — nearly all of them varieties of Coffea arabica, the most widely consumed and best-tasting coffee species — sit in neatly planted rows, their waxy, deep green leaves shimmering in the sun.

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In the deep green pastures of Yellowstone National Park, where the air is crisp and the tall grass dances in the breeze, lives the bison, a large, majestic animal with chocolate brown fur — and a delicate temperament that could turn from pleasant to dangerous in seconds.

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