Verdure Definition

vûrjər
noun
The fresh-green color of growing things; greenness.
Webster's New World
Vigorous greenery.
American Heritage
Green growing plants and trees; green vegetation.
Webster's New World
A vigorous or flourishing condition.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Verdure

  • Middle English from Old French from verd green from Latin viridis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French verdure.

    From Wiktionary

Verdure Sentence Examples

  • The verdure had thickened and its bright green stood out sharply against the brownish strips of winter rye trodden down by the cattle, and against the pale-yellow stubble of the spring buckwheat.

  • The grass used for Japanese lawns loses its verdure in autumn and remains from November to March a greyish brown blot upon the scene.

  • On either side of the river valley a steppe-like desert, covered in the spring with verdure, the rest of the year barren and brown, stretches away as far as the eye can see.

  • The boldness of its scenery is softened by the richness of its verdure.

  • And to the soil created by the decay of the limestones is due a greener verdure than that of the surrounding moors.

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Words Starting With

VVEVER

Words Ending With

EREURE

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Words Starting With V and Ending With E

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With V7 Letter Words Ending With E