Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Verdant

Verdant , adjective

[French verdoyant, present participle of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, Old French verdoier, verdeier, from verd, vert, green, from Latin viridis green, from virere to be green: compare Old French verdant verdant, Latin viridans, present participle of viridare to make green. Compare Farthingale, Verjuice, Vert.]

1.
Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn.
Let the earth Put forth the verdant grass. — Milton
2.
Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloquial]