blue-green meaning

Adjective: blue-green  bloo green

1. Of a bluish shade of green
   - bluish green, cyan, teal

Noun: blue green

1. A blue-green colour or pigment
   - bluish green, teal

Derived forms: blue greens

See also: chromatic

Type of: green, greenness, viridity

Encyclopedia: Blue-green

Examples

1. among the blue-green algae are many species of nitrogen fixation.
2. when highly purified, the red-absorbing form of the pigment is blue-green.
3. the term prokaryotic is often used to distinguish the cells of bacteria and blue-green algae from the nucleus-containing eukaryotic cells of all other organisms.