blue-green
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An extended couch of striking blue-green color allows for tête-à-têtes to be conducted at various degrees of intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Last year, scientists in the country announced they had launched successful trials spraying the soil with cyanobacteria, also known as "blue-green algae" -- a method that helps retain moisture and facilitate tree rooting.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
Those sown in August are currently just tiny blue-green shoots.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
These findings show that marine algae have evolved specialized pigments not only to absorb the blue-green light available underwater but also to withstand the damaging effects of intense sunlight.
From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025
She did, and saw what looked like a wide, fearsome snake, blue-green in color, coiling through the woods.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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