greenness, verdancy, verdure
(noun) the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
greenery, verdure
(noun) green foliage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
verdure (countable and uncountable, plural verdures)
The greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also: the vegetation itself.
(hence) A condition of health and vigour.
verdure (third-person singular simple present verdures, present participle verduring, simple past and past participle verdured)
(transitive) To cover with verdure.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver"dure, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. viridis green. See Verdant.]
Definition: Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of the meadows in June. A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens, shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like a sea. Motley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.