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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Verdure \Ver"dure\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
verdure
noun
1: green foliage [syn: {greenery}]
2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {greenness}, {verdancy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "verdure": botany, chloranemia, chloremia, chlorophyll, chlorosis, flora, flowerage, glaucescence, glaucousness, green, greenery, greenishness, greenness, greens, greensickness, herbage, leafage, plant kingdom, plant life, plants, umbrage, vegetable kingdom, vegetable life, vegetation, vegetation spirit, verdancy, virescence, viridity
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