verdure
noun
greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
verdured
-
a word derived from
verdure.
Example Sentences
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The naphtha launch of the millionaire would spit among the romantic coves; the verdured hills would take formal shapes of terrace, lawn, and park.
From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by O. Henry
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
The seven miles of undulating and dusty road westwards from Blandford, that we have partly traversed from Winterbourne Strickland, leads to Milton Abbas, a charming village surrounded by verdured hills and deep leafy combes.
From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Edric Holmes
Rocky headlines, behind which mountain foothills rose in serrated, verdured ranks.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Harry Bates
