reddish-green

English
Calyx lobes are 1.5–2.5 mm long and described as reddish-green.

Adjective

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

  1. An impossible or nonsensical color, especially in philosophy.
  2. (chiefly of parts of plants) Of a reddish or sometimes magentaish color that blends into or seems darkened by green (e.g. from other parts of the plant).
    • 2015, Laurence C. Hatch, HITS: House, Interior, Tropical, and Succulent Plants:: Genera A to B:
      A. orlandiana 'Ensign' is almost too lovely for words. The bright white margins are accented so wonderfully with bright red spinose teeth and rosy-red markings. The entire light green leaf center is mottled red to reddish-green, giving even more curious combinations of colors.

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See also
  • (impossible or nonsensical color): bluish-yellow; sky-blue pink (nonspecific color); octarine (the color of magic)
  • Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English#color
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