green fingers

plural noun

, British Informal.

1. green thumb.

green fingers

plural noun

1. considerable talent or ability to grow plants US and Canadian equivalentgreen thumb

Word History and Origins

Origin of green fingers¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

She carried something carefully before her, holding it above the reach of the alfalfa's snatching green fingers.

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He could see the brown and green fingers of seaweed clutching the sand when the waves went out.

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Overhead the spruce boughs met, and laced their green fingers together, sending down a damp, spicy odor.

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