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verdure

 
Dictionary: ver·dure   (vûr'jər) pronunciation

n.
    1. The lush greenness of flourishing vegetation.
    2. Vigorous greenery.
  1. A fresh or flourishing condition: the verdure of childhood.

[Middle English, from Old French, from verd, green, from Latin viridis.]

verdurous ver'dur·ous adj.
verdurousness ver'dur·ous·ness n.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: green foliage
  Synonym: greenery

Meaning #2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation
  Synonyms: greenness, verdancy


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vegetation, grønt, friskhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
groene plantengroei, het groen van plantengroei, gezonde staat

Français (French)
n. - verdure

Deutsch (German)
n. - Grün

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πρασινάδα, χλόη, (μτφ.) φρεσκάδα

Italiano (Italian)
verdura, verde

Português (Portuguese)
n. - verdor (m), vegetação (f) verde, viço (m)

Русский (Russian)
зелень, зеленый цвет, свежесть

Español (Spanish)
n. - verdor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - grönska, friskhet (fig.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
翠绿, 碧绿, 新绿

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 翠綠, 碧綠, 新綠

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 푸름, 신록, 신선함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 青緑, 新鮮さ, 生気

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خضرة, اخضرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ירק, ירקות, לבלוב, רעננות, דשא‬


 
 
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