moss green

a moderate to dark yellow-green color.

Origin of moss green

First recorded in 1880–85

moss-green, adjective

She wore a very simply made dress of moss-green velveteen, high to the throat, and relieved by a deep falling collar of old point.

We Two |Edna Lyall
One morning Clytie arose, put on her moss-green dress, and went to ride in her seashell boat.

Brooks's Readers, Third Year |Stratton D. Brooks
Over the moss-green earth "bespred with faire flowers" the branches of the stately trees threw lacelike shadows.

The Birth of the Nation |Mrs. Roger A. Pryor
He followed in the darkness of the moss-green towers the roar of the subterranean flood and the rocking of the ground.

Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) |Jean Paul Friedrich Richter

The cup was nicked and battered, bright on the sides, moss-green on the bottom.

The Heritage of the Desert |Zane Grey