"green thumb" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-green thumb.ogg [Australia] Forms: green thumbs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} green thumb (plural green thumbs)
  1. (US, idiomatic) A natural skill for gardening. Tags: US, idiomatic Categories (topical): Horticulture, People Synonyms: green fingers Related terms: brown thumb
    Sense id: en-green_thumb-en-noun-xxtGblL0 Disambiguation of Horticulture: 93 7 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): American English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27
  2. (US) A person with this skill. Tags: US Categories (topical): People Translations (person): iemand met groene vingers (Dutch), viherpeukalo (Finnish), quelqu’un qui a la main verte [masculine] (French), une personne qui a la main verte [feminine] (French), grüner Daumen [masculine] (German), pollice verde [masculine] (Italian), иску́сный садово́д (iskúsnyj sadovód) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-green_thumb-en-noun-RSnb2pk5 Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'person': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (skill): grønne fingre [plural] (Danish), groene vingers [masculine, plural] (Dutch), main verte [feminine] (French), pouce vert [Quebec, masculine] (French), grüner Daumen [masculine] (German), grüne Hand [feminine] (German), pollice verde [masculine] (Italian), садово́дческое иску́сство (sadovódčeskoje iskússtvo) [neuter] (Russian), gröna fingrar [neuter, plural] (Swedish), berdeng hinlalaki (Tagalog)
Disambiguation of 'skill': 53 47

Inflected forms

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