# green water

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A large quantity of water on a ship's deck as a result of massive waves during a large storm.
2. Water, mostly from rain, that replenishes the water lost by evaporation or respiration from forests.
3. Water that has been colored green by the presence of algae or other organic matter.
4. The waters, inshore, coastal, on the continental shelf, of non-abyssal basins, in the oceans.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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