[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

verdant \ver"dant\, a. f. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be
   verdant, to grow green, of. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd,
   vert, green, fr. l. viridis green, fr. virere to be green:
   cf. of. verdant verdant, l. viridans, p. pr. of viridare to
   make green. cf. farthingale, verjuice, vert.
   1. covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh;
      flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
      1913 webster

            let the earth
            put forth the verdant grass.          --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw;
      green; as, a verdant youth. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
farthingale verjuice vert 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

verdant
     adj : characterized by abundance of verdure

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "verdant":
   aestival, beryl-green, berylline, blue-green, bluish-green,
   caespitose, chartreuse, chloranemic, chlorine, chlorotic, citrine,
   citrinous, emerald, foliaged, glaucescent, glaucous,
   glaucous-green, graminaceous, grasslike, grassy, green,
   green as grass, green-blue, greenish, greenish-blue,
   greenish-yellow, greensick, holly, ivy, ivy-green, leafy, leaved,
   meadowy, moss-covered, moss-grown, mossy, olivaceous, olive,
   olive-green, porraceous, smaragdine, springlike, summerlike,
   summery, swardy, tufted, turflike, turfy, verdured, verdurous,
   vernal, vernant, vert, virescent, yellowish-green

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