Verdant

//ˈvɜɹ.dənt// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Green in colour.
  2. 2
    Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

    "It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ..."

  3. 3
    Fresh.
  4. 4
    Inexperienced.

    "a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut"

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by abundance of verdure wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
boskygreenlylushverdurousviridviridescent

Example

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"This land is covered by a verdant carpet of lush vegetation."

Etymology

From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.

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