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verdant


adjective

  1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
  2. of the color green: a verdant lawn.
  3. inexperienced; unsophisticated: verdant college freshmen.

adjective

  1. covered with green vegetation
  2. (of plants, etc) green in colour
  3. immature or unsophisticated; green
adj.

1580s, “green,” from Middle French virdeant “becoming green,” present participle of Old French verdeiier “become green,” from Vulgar Latin *viridiare “grow green, make green,” from Latin viridis “green” (see verdure). Related: Verdantly.

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