Verdure

Definitions

1. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
   countable, uncountable
2. A condition of health and vigour.
   broadly, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.”

“The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.”

“To her belonged Amber Spring⟳, the water which gave verdure and beauty to the village and made living possible on that wild purple upland waste⟳.”

“Through the brazen hours that followed high noon, we crept onwards through a tunnel of glittering verdure.”

“This is itself a cheerless spot, particularly on a rainy day, when, overshadowed by the great massif of rock that towers in the background, and surrounded by the grey and cheerless quarries, it has a depressing character much in contrast with the green verdure encountered on the northern end⟳ of this interesting branch line.”

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