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verdant

vur duhnt

  • s  characterized by abundance of verdure

  • In Inner Mongolia, the Tengger Desert has advanced through once-verdant areas, with sand dunes up to 100 meters tall swallowing grasslands, lakes and farms.
  • Behind her, verdant woods are visible through panoramic windows.
  • The complex system of water canals that channel rainfall from the surrounding hills has been rebuilt, turning the sere hillside into a verdant oasis.
News & Articles

  • City considers selling surplus open lots around Helena
    The verdant splash of green grass at the intersection of Cruse Avenue and Broadway would hardly draw a second glance from those driving or walking by.
    June 10, 2013 - Helena Independent Record
  • Residents say I-69 workers using woods as toilet
    There's a scatological term that can be applied to what's happening to the people whose lives and lifestyles will be forever altered by the new terrain construction of I-69 through the verdant rolling hills near Bloomington.
    June 10, 2013 - WLWT-TV Cincinnati
  • Verdant to Acquire Hybrid Power System Developer Windstrip
    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- VRDT Corporation (OTCQB:VRDT) ("Verdant") announced today that it has agreed to acquire Windstrip Hong Kong Limited ("Windstrip") in exchange for approximately ...
    June 6, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Sarah McLachlan in New York Times
    Tofino's a close-knit town at the end of the world, surrounded by verdant green rain forests, raw ocean and a peaceful inlet,Ms. McLachlan said. "I was very lucky to have been able to buy up here four years ago, and now I want to cry every...
  • Paul Newman in Globe and Mail
    In a 1969 print interview, Newman said he shot the film in Connecticut "because I very much wanted to contrast the schoolteacher's rather arid, dry existence with the lush, verdant spring background."
  • Christopher Plummer in Earthtimes (press release)
    Plummer, who played Captain von Trapp in the 1965 classic movie The Sound of Music and who has travelled in Russia, agreed: "It's very like Russia here, with the woods and the verdant nature."

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