adjective
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covered with green vegetation
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(of plants, etc) green in colour
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immature or unsophisticated; green
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Etymology
Origin of verdant
Explanation
When something is green with plant life it's verdant, a word often used to idealize the countryside with its verdant pastures or verdant hills. Here's a trick for internalizing verdant's meaning: If you speak Spanish, think of verde — meaning "green." If you speak French, think of vert. Both French and Spanish inherited their words for green from Latin, in which green is viridis. Verdant also can mean grass-colored: "She wore a dress of verdant green."
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The event promises glamour -- replete with champagne-quaffing celebrities -- set against the backdrop of Rwanda's verdant hills and rich wildlife, all broadcast to a global audience.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The verdant grounds of Club Getaway aren’t the only time the sordid bunch see one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Social media has driven interest in these DIY events as artists playing ambient music against a backdrop of verdant green have gone viral on TikTok.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
She uses tweezers to nestle the roasted halves on a swirl of verdant puree, then tops it off with crispy fried leaves.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
The chaplain relished the privacy and isolation of his verdant surroundings and the reverie and meditation that living there fostered.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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