bottle green

Definition

A dark green colour, like that of some wine bottles.

Example Sentences

• "He stopped to look at a shop selling ladies' wear, and stared for a long time at a bottle-green suit of corduroy slacks."
• "Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises."