[ adj ] characterized by abundance of verdure <adj.all>
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.
Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. --Milton.
2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]
There are lush shots of the verdant Bali and Java countryside wrapped in gauzy mist; strange and unusual Bronze-age icons of gods and goddesses; temples, sculptures and Buddha statues with their mysterious Mona Lisa smiles.
Now preservationists worry the verdant expanse may fall prey to developers catering to their cramped clientele down south.
The brick, seven-story "Parc Vert Nissan" overlooks a verdant country club.
It is a verdant precinct, surrounded by walls and guarded by a gatehouse.
The days when the verdant island of 100,000 people was worldwide news are gone.
"Society has changed, and the rules of our game have changed," Mr. Patten avers while flying over the verdant hills of Vermont in a company plane.
Director Caleb Deschanel so effectively captures the panoramic beauty of the island setting _ with its creamy white sand beaches, dense verdant forests and crystal blue tide pools _ one can almost taste the salt spray in the breeze.
Outside, a storm dumps rain across the verdant hillsides, turning to matted gray the flocks of fluffy white sheep.
His landscapes are seductively verdant.
Milken also has provided much-needed leverage for many other takeover strategists like Carl C. Icahn, who, incidentally, lives near Peltz in the verdant Westchester County suburbs of New York.