verdant

adjective

ˈvər-dᵊnt How to pronounce verdant (audio)
Definition of verdantnext
as in lush
covered with a thick, healthy natural growth a beautiful, verdant field

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Recent Examples of verdant But to community members, unpaved and unmanicured areas such as the verdant tangle of vegetation in the San Pascual site are an invaluable part of the city’s limited green space. — Mack Baysinger follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 Growing fruit trees indoors can transform even the coziest corners of your home into a verdant personal orchard. — Blythe Copeland, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026 Set thousands of years in the future, the Blight has wiped out most of civilization, and while the name sounds gruesome and terrifying, the Blight itself is verdant and filled with flowers. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 For a beautiful view of the aquamarine water and to immerse yourself in greenery, continue 30 minutes down Cliff Road to Overbeck’s Garden (open seasonally), a verdant oasis of rare plants. — Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for verdant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for verdant
  1. lush
  2. green
  3. grown
  4. leafy
  5. dense
Adjective
  • Nestled in the Hollywood Hills, this compact cabin is shrouded in lush foliage, creating a quiet escape from Tinseltown.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Since using the shampoo and conditioner, my hair feels lush without getting frizzy, has volume without bulk, and looks smooth but never greasy.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of lush
Adjective
  • Lush green grass isn’t possible in all areas of your yard, which is why groundcovers come in handy to fill in those empty spaces.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Lord Ormund’s Gambit Lord Ormund has many, many tricks up his green sleeves.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of green
Adjective
  • The hard drive alone contained nearly 500 gigabytes of files and thousands of explicit videos and images of children, including one roughly nine-minute video of a toddler performing oral sex on a grown man, court documents show.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The point is a grown man being paid millions of dollars to perform professionally doesn’t need his parents driving around in cars listening to radio criticism and then calling the station in their defense.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of grown
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  • Situated on a leafy corner of Buenos Aires’s prestigious Recoleta district, Sofitel Buenos Aires seamlessly blends French art de vivre with rich Argentine culture.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • For this same reason, summer squash plants that experienced early generations of squash bugs or vine borers might be best removed at this point, instead of utilizing their space for quick-growing fall root crops or leafy greens.
    — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of leafy
Adjective
  • Out in the wild, turbulent air swirls these plumes into a chaotic, broken landscape—dense chemical filaments laced through long stretches of clean air.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This breakthrough could eventually lead to smaller, denser, and more efficient photonic chips for communications, quantum technologies, and optical computing.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of dense

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