Where does “緑花野菜” come from?

緑花野菜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 花野菜, from Japanese 花, from Old Japanese 花 — flower.

Ancestry of “緑花野菜”, step by step

緑花野菜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 花野菜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花野菜—
2Japanese花a flower
3Old Japanese花flower

via Japanese 緑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese緑green; verdure; a new bud or shoot
Every word from Old Japanese 花 →Every word from Japanese 花 →Every word from Japanese 花野菜 →