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verdurous

[ vur-jer-uhs ]

adjective

  1. rich in verdure; freshly green; verdant.
  2. covered with verdure, as places.
  3. consisting of verdure.
  4. of, relating to, or characteristic of verdure.


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Other Words From

  • verdur·ous·ness noun
  • un·verdur·ous adjective
  • un·verdur·ous·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of verdurous1

First recorded in 1595–1605; verdure + -ous

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Example Sentences

On the Liba bloomed wide verdurous plains, consisting of plants with dazzling corollas and gramine of tall stature.

On the hills and woody slopes in the neighbourhood of the Iron Mountain, we likewise meet with sufficiently verdurous prairies.

At the base of the senile trunks are developed the crawling or climbing stems, ever verdurous, of various lycopodiums.

A mile away Hareshaw Lynn comes tumbling down, between seamed cliffs and verdurous precipices.

It was as if all the ruddy and verdurous juices had died in the veins of the world, and from core to surface only gray remained.

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