verdure
noun
greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
verdureless
-
a word derived from
verdure.
Example Sentences
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It presents the same peculiar aspect of Persian scenery nearly everywhere-a general verdureless and unproductive country, with the barren surface here and there relieved by small oases of cultivated fields and orchards.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Thomas Stevens
The decayed and verdureless branches, clustered around its centre, tell also that the process of decay has been progressing for a longer span of time than is permitted in the life of mortals.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
North and east great barren sun-beat plains stretch their verdureless wastes, intersected by ranges of sterile hills, both extending into the neighbouring States of Chihuahua and Coahuila.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
It is one of the most cheerless of rooms, with rude fireplace of bricks, a mantel of painted planks, and two small windows which look into the verdureless yard.
From Literary Shrines The Haunts of Some Famous American Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
The whole island is but a verdureless sand-drift, of which the outlines are constantly changing under the influence of winds and waters.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various
