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green flash

noun

Definition of GREEN FLASH

:  a momentary green appearance of the uppermost part of the sun's disk at sunrise or sunset that results from atmospheric refraction
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First Known Use of GREEN FLASH

1912

Rhymes with GREEN FLASH

abash, backlash, backslash, backsplash, bone ash, calash, Chumash, cold cash, czardas, encash, eyelash, fly ash, gate-crash, goulash, heat rash, hot flash, Lagash, mishmash, mustache, panache, potash, rehash, slapdash, soutache, stramash, tongue-lash, unlash, Wabash, whiplash, white ash

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