Verdure \Ver"dure\, n. [F., fr. L. viridis green. See
Verdant.]
Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of
the meadows in June.
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A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens,
shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like
a sea. --Motley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
verdure
n 1: green foliage [syn: greenery]
2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: greenness,
verdancy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "verdure":
botany, chloranemia, chloremia, chlorophyll, chlorosis, flora,
flowerage, glaucescence, glaucousness, green, greenery,
greenishness, greenness, greens, greensickness, herbage, leafage,
plant kingdom, plant life, plants, umbrage, vegetable kingdom,
vegetable life, vegetation, vegetation spirit, verdancy,
virescence, viridity
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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