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VERDANCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does verdancy mean? 

VERDANCY (noun)
  The noun VERDANCY has 1 sense:

1. the lush appearance of flourishing vegetationplay

  Familiarity information: VERDANCY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERDANCY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The lush appearance of flourishing vegetation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

greenness; verdancy; verdure

Hypernyms ("verdancy" is a kind of...):

cornucopia; profuseness; profusion; richness (the property of being extremely abundant)

Derivation:

verdant (characterized by abundance of verdure)


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