Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Verdure \Ver"dure\, n. [F., fr. L. viridis green. See
   {Verdant}.]
   Green; greenness; freshness of vegetation; as, the verdure of
   the meadows in June.

         A wide expanse of living verdure, cultivated gardens,
         shady groves, fertile cornfields, flowed round it like
         a sea.                                   --Motley.

Source : WordNet®

verdure
     n 1: green foliage [syn: {greenery}]
     2: lush greenness of flourishing vegetation [syn: {greenness},
        {verdancy}]