Verdant \Ver"dant\, a. [F. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be
verdant, to grow green, OF. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd,
vert, green, fr. L. viridis green, fr. virere to be green:
cf. OF. verdant verdant, L. viridans, p. pr. of viridare to
make green. Cf. Farthingale, Verjuice, Vert.]
1. Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh;
flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
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Let the earth
Put forth the verdant grass. --Milton.
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2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw;
green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
verdant
adj : characterized by abundance of verdure
WordNet (r) 2.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "verdant":
aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green,
caespitose, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine,
citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous,
glaucous-green, graminaceous, grasslike, grassy, green,
green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue,
greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved,
meadowy, moss-covered, moss-grown, mossy, olivaceous, olive,
olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike, summerlike,
summery, swardy, tufted, turflike, turfy, verdured, verdurous,
vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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