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Literary notes about dark green (AI summary)

In literary descriptions, dark green is widely employed as a symbol of nature’s lush vitality as well as its mysterious and sometimes melancholic aspects. It frequently appears in botanical detail, describing leaves, needles, and canopies with precision as in the depiction of leathery leaves that are "dark green on both sides" ([1]) or the glossy leaflets that contrast with their paler undersides ([2], [3]). At times it adorns inanimate objects and settings—evoking rich textures and atmospheres, from the worn velvet cover of an old book ([4]) to the uniforms or even architectural elements that set the tone of a scene ([5], [6]). This dual role of dark green—as both a precise descriptive term in natural history and a marker of mood in narrative prose—demonstrates its versatility and enduring appeal in literature ([7], [8], [9]).
  1. Leaves: Evergreen, drooping in winter, leathery, dark green on both sides, lance-oblong, 4 to 10 in.
    — from Wild FlowersAn Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors by Neltje Blanchan
  2. The oval leaflets are toothed, pointed, dark green above and paler beneath.
    — from Forest Trees of Texas: How to Know Them by C. B. (Cyril Bertram) Webster
  3. The finely-toothed leaves are a glossy dark green above and whitish beneath.
    — from Texas Flowers in Natural Colors by Eula Whitehouse
  4. This book is bound in boards, and covered with dark green velvet, now almost torn to threads.
    — from A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
  5. They wore dark green uniforms with shoulder-straps of a faded pink, and peaked caps of white canvas.
    — from Armenia, Travels and Studies (Volume 1 of 2)The Russian Provinces by H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse) Lynch
  6. The court is framed in dark green, all above dazzling in light.
    — from An Artist's Letters from Japan by John La Farge
  7. Those grave-yards of the Troitsa lay in a pretty and silent spot on the edge of a lake, inclosed in dark green woods.
    — from Free Russia by William Hepworth Dixon
  8. As she stood in full relief amid the dark green of the vines, bathed in a flood of sunshine, she looked a real swell—something wonderful.
    — from The Soil (La terre): A Realistic Novel by Émile Zola
  9. Oh, how splendidly they looked, with the flames leaping and curling amid the dark green foliage like a golden snake fiercely beautiful.
    — from The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Dame Shirley

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