Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verdant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. --Milton.
2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw;
green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
verdant
adj : green with growing things
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