verdant

[ vur-dnt ]

/ ˈvɜr dnt /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR verdant

1 lush, grassy.

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Origin of verdant

First recorded in 1575–85; verd(ure) + -ant

OTHER WORDS FROM verdant

ver·dan·cy, nounver·dant·ly, adverbun·ver·dant, adjectiveun·ver·dant·ly, adverb

Words nearby verdant

verbum sap, Vercelli, Vercelli Book, Vercingetorix, Verdandi, verdant, verd antique, Verde, Verdelho, verderer, Verde River

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How to use verdant in a sentence

Nestled in the verdant backwoods of the Chattahoochee National Forest, this drive really comes alive in October, when fall colors are at their peak.
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Its verdant, mountain-ringed valleys, dotted with colorful huts and temples, are ideal for trekkers or anyone searching for a cure for screen-weary eyes.
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This twin-chamber design is able to hold 162 liters of organic material to give you verdant soil in just 10 to 12 weeks.
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Trees can often appear as little more than verdant wallpaper, a fuzzy green background for humans’ comings and goings.
Tasking trees with averting the climate crisis is a big ask|Nancy Shute|July 3, 2021|Science News

When you imagine a dinosaur’s habitat like that you would see in Jurassic Park, a hot and humid spot filled with verdant greenery might come to mind.
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A jacket resembled a verdant forest with its beautiful chaos of green feathers.
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It was a typical suburban dwelling with a verdant lawn and lots of flowering shrubs.
My Time With Betty Ford|Sandra McElwaine|July 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
What better way to celebrate spring than with a verdant bowl of budding goodness?
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The studio had disappeared under the verdant arbor, while a wonderful spangled tree rose like a fairy dream, in one corner.
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Thoughts ran on rhythmically, in the steady, flashing movement through verdant England.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
The last sighs of a man will weave the brilliant corolla of a flower, or expand like a smile over the verdant meadow.
Urania|Camille Flammarion
Like the swallow, it has left a crumbling ruin to seek a purer air and a more verdant world.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King
Even though these Havens are located in the most barren places, they are beauty-spots, verdant beyond belief.
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British Dictionary definitions for verdant

verdant

/ (ˈvɜːdənt) /

adjective

covered with green vegetation

(of plants, etc) green in colour

immature or unsophisticated; green

Derived forms of verdant

verdancy, nounverdantly, adverb

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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