verdant
[vur-dnt]
adjective
green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
of the color green: a verdant lawn.
inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.
Origin of verdant
Synonyms for verdant
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Examples from the Web for verdant
Contemporary Examples of verdant
A jacket resembled a verdant forest with its beautiful chaos of green feathers.
Chanel, Armani, and Givenchy Present Their Haute-Couture Collections in ParisRobin Givhan
July 4, 2012
It was a typical suburban dwelling with a verdant lawn and lots of flowering shrubs.
What better way to celebrate spring than with a verdant bowl of budding goodness?
Historical Examples of verdant
At length they rose from the verdant green, and chased each other in mock pursuit.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
Suddenly the whole face of it was adorned with a verdant, undulating robe.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
Nature in one of her wildest moments, verdant and profound, was revealed.
The Hound From The NorthRidgwell Cullum
One must be eager, verdant, to write happily the story of travel.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
The 'Verdant Wanderers of Wyoming;' that is precisely what we shall be.
Two Boys in WyomingEdward S. Ellis
verdant
adjective
Word Origin for verdant
C16: from Old French verdoyant, from verdoyer to become green, from Old French verd green, from Latin viridis, from virēre to be green
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