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verdure Definition

ver·dure (vʉr′jər)

noun

  1. the fresh-green color of growing things; greenness
  2. green growing plants and trees; green vegetation
  3. vigorous or flourishing condition

Etymology: ME < OFr < verd, green < VL *virdis, for L viridis: see vert

verdure Related Forms
ver′·dured adjective
verdure Synonyms

verdure

n.

flora, greenness, greenery, herbage; see vegetation.

verdure Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • green: From a coarse herbage we passed on to a carpet of fine green verdure.
  • soft: Beneath I trod on that fresh, even, and soft verdure which is to be seen only in England.
verdure Quotes

Warmestclimes but nursethe cruellest fangs: thetigerof Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure.

—Melville, Herman

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