Nile green

pale bluish green.

Origin of Nile green

First recorded in 1885–90

Will you, please, tie this bow of nile-green velvet about my neck?

The House With Sixty Closets |Frank Samuel Child
“There will be no nile-green dress and golden slippers,” she whispered.

Hour of Enchantment |Roy J. Snell
In her hand the Queen carried a little volume, bound in Nile-green skin, powdered with gold heraldic roses.

House of Torment |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The steam had cleared away, and now showed a rocky and wooded scene, the trees sky-blue, the rocks a Nile-green.

Unicorns |James Huneker

Like some lost wanderer from the moon itself a great moth with nile-green wings fell flopping on the grass at the girl's feet.

Athalie |Robert W. Chambers

Nile green