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verdure - 4 dictionary results

ver⋅dure

[vur-jer]
–noun
1. greenness, esp. of fresh, flourishing vegetation.
2. green vegetation, esp. grass or herbage.
3. freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigor.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF, equiv. to verd green (see vert ) + -ure -ure


verdured, adjective
ver⋅dure⋅less, adjective
ver·dure   (vûr'jər)   
n.  
    1. The lush greenness of flourishing vegetation.
    2. Vigorous greenery.
  1. A fresh or flourishing condition: the verdure of childhood.

[Middle English, from Old French, from verd, green, from Latin viridis.]
ver'dur·ous adj., ver'dur·ous·ness n.

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.
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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