blue-green

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Etymology

blue +‎ green.

Compare with the color called orange in Modern English, which was called geoluhread (“yellow-red”) in Old English and Middle English.

Adjective

blue-green (comparative more blue-green, superlative most blue-green)

1. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.

Synonyms

• (of a color between blue and green): green-blue, turquoise, aquamarine

Derived terms

• blue-green alga
• blue-green bacteria

Translations

color between blue and green

• Finnish: sinivihreä (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: γλαυκός (glaucos)

• Japanese: 青緑 (ja) (aomidori)

• Latin: glaucus (la)
• Lojban: blari'o (jbo)
• Scottish Gaelic: (plants) gorm (gd)