Pomona green

English

Etymology

Named after Pomona, the goddess of fruitful abundance.

Noun

Pomona green (countable and uncountable, plural Pomona greens)

1. apple-green
   • 1851, Henry Meredith Parker, Bole Ponjis:

     Who did not know that office Jaun of pale Pomona green, / With its drab and yellow lining, and picked out black between, / Which down the Esplanade did go at the ninth hour of the day […]