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Definition of verdant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verdant

adjective
 
/ˈvɜːdnt/
 
/ˈvɜːrdnt/
(literary)
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  1. (of grass, plants, fields, etc.) fresh and green
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVerdant is used with these nouns:
    • hill
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps from Old French verdeant, present participle of verdoier ‘be green’, based on Latin viridis ‘green’.
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