overgreen

verb

overgreen

verb

Etymology From over- + green.

1

Poetic To cover with greenery or a green color.

  • […] all the rocks and roots With olden film were overgreened; the pool, Broadened from falling water, sparkled with fires Of shafted crystal, and the sounding drops Splintered their fleeting pearl against the stone.1928, Geoffrey Johnson, Mad Echo:
  • The door itself, wrought of a swarthy bronze all overgreened by time, stood slightly ajar.1944, Clark Ashton Smith, Lost Worlds:

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