VER'DANT, adjective [Latin vividans, from viridis, from vireo, to be green.] The radical sense of the verb is to grow or advance with strength.] 1. Green; fresh; covered with growing plants or grass; as verdant fields; a verdant lawn. 2. Flourishing.
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