verdure
noun
greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
verdured
-
a word derived from
verdure.
Example Sentences
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After a time, fully two miles away, he saw sheep grazing on a thinly verdured slide.
From The Grizzly King by James Oliver Curwood
Little could be seen of the great naval base, but as the Transport headed north-west, a short lapse of time revealed Marseilles, France's most ancient city, lying within its circle of verdured hills.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Herbert Brayley Collett
Rocky headlines, behind which mountain foothills rose in serrated, verdured ranks.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Harry Bates
I passed, a little later, well to the westward of the verdured mountain top of the Bermudas.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 by Harry Bates
Yet he got over the ground with a quickness that brought him a jolt of surprise when, the ascent grown suddenly steeper and less verdured, he found himself near the top of the hangar.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
