greens
/ɡɹiːnz/ noun B1- Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads. · salad greens· collard greens
- Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll. · starches, meats, and greens
- Leafy plants that are used for decoration. · Yuletide greens
- The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.
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But please don’t ask me to eat anything, especially boiled pork and greens.
Boiled pork and greens are so unromantic when one is in affliction.”
“Well now, she shouldn’t have taken the brooch, Marilla, or told stories about it,” he admitted, mournfully surveying his plateful of unromantic pork and greens as if he, like Anne, thought it a food unsuited to crises of feeling, “but she’s such a little thing--such an interesting little thing.
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