Pomona green

English

Etymology

Named after Pomona, the goddess of fruitful abundance.

Noun

Pomona green (countable and uncountable, plural Pomona greens)

  1. apple-green
    • 1851, Henry Meredith Parker, Bole Ponjis:
      Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, / With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, / Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]
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