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Green vegetation growing in a wood or forest and capable of serving as cover for deer.
Coupled with venison. (The common use.) Frequently without article.
Green vegetation growing in a wood or forest and serving as a cover for game; = vert, n.1 1a.
Forest-verdure; = vert, n.1 1. Obsolete.