Verdure

3 definitions found

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

  Verdure \Ver"dure\, n. [F., fr. L. viridis green. See
     {Verdant}.]
     Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of
     the meadows in June.
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           A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens,
           shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like
           a sea.                                   --Motley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  verdure
       n 1: green foliage [syn: {greenery}]
       2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {greenness},
          {verdancy}]

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

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "verdure":
     botany, chloranemia, chloremia, chlorophyll, chlorosis, flora,
     flowerage, glaucescence, glaucousness, green, greenery,
     greenishness, greenness, greens, greensickness, herbage, leafage,
     plant kingdom, plant life, plants, umbrage, vegetable kingdom,
     vegetable life, vegetation, vegetation spirit, verdancy,
     virescence, viridity