Verdant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Verdant \Ver"dant\, a. [F. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be
     verdant, to grow green, OF. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd,
     vert, green, fr. L. viridis green, fr. virere to be green:
     cf. OF. verdant verdant, L. viridans, p. pr. of viridare to
     make green. Cf. {Farthingale}, {Verjuice}, {Vert}.]
     1. Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh;


        flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
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              Let the earth
              Put forth the verdant grass.          --Milton.
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     2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw;
        green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  verdant
       adj : characterized by abundance of verdure

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "verdant":
     aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green,
     caespitose, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine,
     citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous,
     glaucous-green, graminaceous, grasslike, grassy, green,
     green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue,
     greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved,
     meadowy, moss-covered, moss-grown, mossy, olivaceous, olive,
     olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike, summerlike,
     summery, swardy, tufted, turflike, turfy, verdured, verdurous,
     vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green