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Definition of Green fingers
1. Noun. A special ability to make plants grow.
Generic synonyms: Forte, Long Suit, Metier, Speciality, Specialty, Strength, Strong Point, Strong Suit
Definition of Green fingers
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A seemingly natural gardening ability ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Fingers
Literary usage of Green fingers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"VI): "A few days ago I picked a bunch of 'claret' bananas which contained two
hands of green colored fingers and one hand of claret and green fingers There ..."
2. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"The half-claret and half- green fingers resembled the Gros Michel in morphological
characters. It is to be noted that the coloring of these fingers was ..."
3. The Fairyland of Flowers: A Popular Illustrated Botany by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick (1890)
"green fingers playing Unseen on wind-lyres, Low singing-bird voices, — These are
the choirs. The violets are deacons, I know by the sign That the cups which ..."
4. Child Life: A Collection of Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier (1872)
"green fingers playing Unseen on wind-lyres, — Low singing bird voices — These
are his choirs. The violets are deacons I know by the sign That the cups which ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1876)
"The sea- pink was blooming, the lavender was in flower, the com had thrust its
green fingers from the sweet-soiled earth, and the fields behind the crag ..."
6. Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1895)
"green fingers playing Unseen on wind-lyres — Low singing bird voices — These are
his choirs. The violets are deacons — I know by the sign That the cups ..."
7. Spoken English: A Method of Improving Speech and Reading by Studying Voice by Samuel Silas Curry (1913)
"green fingers playing Unseen on wind-lyres, Low singing bird voices, — These are
his choirs. The violets are deacons I know by the sign That the cups which ..."
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