verdurous

[ vur-jer-uh s ]

/ ˈvɜr dʒər əs /

rich in verdure; freshly green; verdant.

covered with verdure, as places.

consisting of verdure.

of, relating to, or characteristic of verdure.

Origin of verdurous

First recorded in 1595–1605; verdure + -ous

ver·dur·ous·ness, noun un·ver·dur·ous, adjective un·ver·dur·ous·ness, noun

We had suddenly passed from a wilderness of waters into a verdurous, sunlit landscape, where scarcely any water was visible.

Fresh Fields |John Burroughs
How gladly would he have dreamed away the remainder of the day out here under the verdurous shade!

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein
A mile away Hareshaw Lynn comes tumbling down, between seamed cliffs and verdurous precipices.

The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast |Various
M. Forgues regretfully leaves this little colony, so peaceful and verdurous.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 |Various

We lay beside a verdurous islet, between it and a green shore.

1492 |Mary Johnston