Verdure

Quick meaning: Verdure is a noun meaning The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.

Meaning

The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A condition of health and vigour.
2. (transitive) To cover with verdure.

Example Sentences

[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.

Through the brazen hours that followed high noon, we crept onwards through a tunnel of glittering verdure.

To her belonged Amber Spring, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste.

The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.

Word Forms

• verdures
• verduring
• verdured

Synonyms for verdure

Depending on context, synonyms include verdancy, greenliness, greenth, greenery, greenness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include verdancy, greenery, greenness, yellower, vert, greenage.

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