verdure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun green foliage
    greenery.
  2. noun the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
    verdancy; greenness.

WordNet

Ver"dure noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. viridis green. See Verdant.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913