verdant

Everyday

(formal, literary) Verdant means green and full of growing plants and grass. tree →

In the lessons

A describing word for poems and stories: «verdant meadows», «verdant hills». It paints a fresh, rich, green picture, as of the river banks in spring in The Wind in the Willows. In geography, wet climates such as Ireland's make the land verdant.

Examples

• The cows grazed in verdant fields. tree →
• After the rain, the valley was verdant and fresh. tree →
• Ireland is famous for its verdant hills. tree →
• The river banks were verdant in spring. tree →
• The garden became verdant again in May. tree →
• The poet described the verdant forest. tree →
• It was delightful to behold, as Proserpina hastened along, how the path grew verdant behind and on either side of her. tree →

Note

Formal; in speech say «green» or «lush». From an old French word for green (vert). Noun: verdure (green plants).