'Putting green' definitions:

Definition of 'putting green'

(from WordNet)
noun
An area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course; "the ball rolled across the green and into the bunker" [syn: green, putting green, putting surface]

Definition of 'Putting green'

From: GCIDE
  • Putting green \Putt"ing green\ (Golf) The green, or plot of smooth turf, surrounding a hole. "The term putting green shall mean the ground within twenty yards of the hole, excepting hazards." --Golf Rules. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]