verdant

adj

Etymology: From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.

1. Green in colour.
2. Abundant in verdure; lush with vegetation.

   “It was a verdant and delightful valley, watered by a rivulet ...”

   “A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.”

3. Fresh.
4. Inexperienced.

   “a verdant youth from the interior of Connecticut”