verdure

Definition

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

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Example Sentences

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

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