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Verdure

//ˈvɜːd͡ʒə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself. countable, uncountable

    "[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't."

  2. 2
    the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation wordnet
  3. 3
    A condition of health and vigour. broadly, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    green foliage wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with verdure. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

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