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

verdure \ver"dure\, n. f., fr. l. viridis green. see
   verdant.
   green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of
   the meadows in june.
   1913 webster

         a wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens,
         shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like
         a sea.                                   --motley.
   1913 webster
see also:
verdant 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

verdure
     n 1: green foliage syn: greenery
     2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation syn: greenness,
        verdancy
see also:
greenery greenness verdancy 

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

28 moby thesaurus words for "verdure":
   botany, chloranemia, chloremia, chlorophyll, chlorosis, flora,
   flowerage, glaucescence, glaucousness, green, greenery,
   greenishness, greenness, greens, greensickness, herbage, leafage,
   plant kingdom, plant life, plants, umbrage, vegetable kingdom,
   vegetable life, vegetation, vegetation spirit, verdancy,
   virescence, viridity

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