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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Many of these subjects are framed by restless verdure, the winds of Romanticism picking up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
However, locating the vital and relatively rare patches of underwater verdure can be difficult.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024
Their posters aimed to scare people straight with pictures of ecological ruin, or glorified nature, clean air and water, sunshine and verdure.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024
The group includes Juliska’s Jardins du Monde ceramics glazed in Veronica Beard’s choice of forest green, which the company calls verdure.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022
Roaming among the trees, admiring the verdure, he saw a crowd of daisies clustered above him, like gigantic stars, and decided to cut one down and present his wife with a pretty parasol.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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