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
Mckenzie	[mə'kenzi]
Soile	-	Finnish
Noble	NO-bəl	English
Mirabelle	-	French (Rare), English (Rare)
Urbanus	-	Late Roman, Biblical Latin
Corinne	ko-REEN (French), kə-REEN (English), kə-RIN (English)	French, English