verdure

American  

[vur-jer] / ˈvɜr dʒər /

noun

1. greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.

2. green vegetation, especially grass or herbage.

3. freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor.

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verdure British  

/ ˈvɜːdʒə /

noun

1. flourishing green vegetation or its colour

2. a condition of freshness or healthy growth

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Other Word Forms

• unverdured
  adjective
• verdured
  adjective
• verdureless
  adjective
• verdurous
  adjective

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.

Example Sentences

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

Temple nor column to cumber Verdure and bloom of the sod— So, in the vale by Beth-peor, Moses was buried of God.

From Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings by Schauffler, Robert Haven

The land is very low, like every other part of the Coast we have seen here; it is thick and Luxuriously cloathed with woods and Verdure, all of which appear Green and flourishing.

From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James

Let us hope their Verdure, late arrayed, will last the longer. 

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis

Verdure soon made its appearance in places where, hitherto, nothing but naked rock had been seen, and trees began to cast their shades over the young and delicious grasses.

From The Crater by Cooper, James Fenimore