green thumb

A proclivity for successfully growing plant life. (Often used with "have.") I've never had a green thumb—everything I try to grow dies! With John's amazing green thumb, our garden always looks amazing!

green thumb

A knack for making plants grow well, as in Just look at Louise's plants-she really has a green thumb. This term presumably alludes to the stained fingers of an avid gardener. [First half of 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Zaynab	-	Arabic
Kwaku	-	Western African, Akan
Julie	zhuy-LEE (French), YOO-lee-e (Danish), YUW-lye (Czech), JOO-lee (English)	French, Danish, Norwegian, Czech, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese
Stephanos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek, Greek
Fredrik	FRED-rik (Swedish), FRED-reek (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Liddy	LID-ee	English