verdure

Etymology

From Middle English verdure, from Old French verdure.

noun

  1. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also: the vegetation itself.
    Through the brazen hours that followed high noon, we crept onwards through a tunnel of glittering verdure. 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth
  2. (by extension) A condition of health and vigour.

verb

  1. (transitive) To cover with verdure.

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