verdure - 4 dictionary results
ver⋅dure
[vur-jer] 
dʒər
–noun
| 1. | greenness, esp. of fresh, flourishing vegetation. |
| 2. | green vegetation, esp. grass or herbage. |
| 3. | freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor. |
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| ver·dure (vûr'jər) n.
[Middle English, from Old French, from verd, green, from Latin viridis.] ver'dur·ous adj., ver'dur·ous·ness n. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : verdure
Spanish:
verdura, hortaliza,
German:
das Gemüse, Gemüse…,
Japanese:
野菜
verdure
c.1300, "fresh green color," from O.Fr. verdure "greenness," from verd, variant of vert "green," from L. viridis (cf. Sp., It. verde), related to virere "be green," of unknown origin. Perhaps ult. from a root meaning "growing plant" and cognate with Lith. veisti "propagate," O.N. visir "bud, sprout," O.E. wise "sprout, stalk, etc." Meaning "green plants, vegetation" is attested from c.1400.
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