Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verdure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Verdure \Ver"dure\, n. [F., fr. L. viridis green. See
{Verdant}.]
Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of
the meadows in June.
A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens,
shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like
a sea. --Motley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
verdure
n 1: green foliage [syn: {greenery}]
2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {greenness},
{verdancy}]
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