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green(adjective, new, lush, luxuriant, young)
10
sprouting(verb, adjective, beginning, lush, luxuriant)
9
new(adjective, beginning, first, lush, primary)
7
beginning(noun, verb, adjective, beginning)
7
burgeoning(adjective, new, raw, little, inexperienced)
7
embryonic(adjective, beginning, likely, hidden, possible)
6
germinal(adjective, beginning, green, primary, promising)
6
incipient(adjective, beginning, promising, initial, embryonic)
6
nascent(adjective, beginning, green, primary, promising)
6
potential(adjective, advance, view, success, promising)
6
prime(noun, adjective, new, fresh, spring)
5
blooming(adjective, lush, luxuriant, flourishing, verdant)
5
blossoming
5
early(adjective, new, beginning, inexperienced, immature)
5
growing(lush, luxuriant, promising, flourishing, rising)
5
immature(lush, luxuriant, young, childlike, childish)
4
callow(lush, luxuriant, young, childlike, youth)
4
developing(verb, adjective, beginning, lush, luxuriant)
4
flourishing(adjective, advance, view, success, perhaps)
4
flowering(noun, adjective, prime, spring, promising)
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