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
Other Word Forms
- unverdant adjective
- unverdantly adverb
- verdancy noun
- verdantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of verdant
Example Sentences
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The Karoo Basin, once contiguous with Antarctica—and later underwater and now semi-arid—was a verdant home for what the show says were six basic groups of therapsids.
Casting its relentless sunshine as a background character, coaxing neighbors out of their shells and into verdant parks and yards and onto their manicured streets, is part of that.
From Salon
The valley of Anterselva, with its snow-capped peaks and verdant pastures, is the most northern of the seven venues for the Games, which run in Italy from February 6 to 22.
From Barron's
By Dec. 20 — even before holiday storms pummeled Southern California — the mountains were looking verdant.
From Los Angeles Times
This year, somehow, I careened straight from verdant, crisp summer food — cucumber salads, crisp chicken Caesar wraps, yogurt bowls, smoothies — into the warm-orange-and-brown spectrum of winter.
From Salon
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