verdure
Americannoun
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greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
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green vegetation, especially grass or herbage.
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freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor.
noun
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flourishing green vegetation or its colour
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a condition of freshness or healthy growth
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of verdure
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to verd green ( see vert) + -ure -ure
Explanation
Verdure is lush green foliage, the kind you'd find in a beautiful garden, in a park, or in a forest. Verdure is related to many words for the color green, and that's exactly what it means: greenery, and a lot of it, in nature. This word conveys a sense of life: think of a park where there's green everywhere you see. That's verdure. A forest will have even more verdure, and you could find verdure in someone's garden, if it's a big one with a lot of plants. Verdure is so brightly alive that it makes people feel good.
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Example Sentences
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What was the Flatiron market’s vegetable station, Le Verdure, has been turned into a counter serving pastas made in-house in preparations that represent many regions of Italy.
From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2018
Where now the solemn shade, Verdure and gloom where many branches meet; So grateful, when the noon of summer made The valleys sick with heat?
From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry
This leads the way to the well-known aria, "With Verdure clad," of which Haydn himself was very fond, and which he recast three times before he was satisfied with it.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
The inland Verdure suits my Eyes better than glowing sand and pebble: and I suppose that every year I grow less and less desirous of moving.
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis
Who that has heard them can ever forget the airs, 'With Verdure Clad,' and 'In Native Worth,' or the splendid chorus, 'The Heavens are telling the Glory of God'?
From Story-Lives of Great Musicians by Rowbotham, Francis Jameson
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