verdure

/ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).

noun

  1. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.“[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.”
  2. A condition of health and vigour.

verb

  1. To cover with verdure.