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Dictionary: ver·dant   (vûr'dnt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Green with vegetation; covered with green growth.
  2. Green.
  3. Lacking experience or sophistication; naive.

[French verdoyant, from Old French, present participle of verdoyer, to become green, from Vulgar Latin *viridiāre, from Latin viridis.]

verdancy ver'dan·cy n.
verdantly ver'dant·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: green, blooming
Antonyms: dying


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Green with vegetation.

pronunciation The verdant pasture was perfect for grazing the sheep in the spring.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: green with growing things


Translations: Verdant
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - grønklædt, grøn, uerfaren

Nederlands (Dutch)
groen, onervaren

Français (French)
adj. - verdoyant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - grün

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - χλοερός, (μτφ.) πρωτόπειρος, άμαθος

Italiano (Italian)
verdeggiante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - verdejante, inocente (fig.)

Русский (Russian)
зеленый, зеленеющий, незрелый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - verde, ingenuo, inocente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grön, grönskande, oerfaren

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
翠绿的, 生疏的, 青翠的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 翠綠的, 生疏的, 青翠的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 초록으로 뒤덮인, 식물로 푸릇푸릇한, 경험이 부족한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 緑色の, 青々と草木が茂った, うぶな, 未熟な, 青々とした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ساذج, غر, مخضر, اخضر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ירוק, תמים, נעדר-ניסיון‬


 
 
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