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单词 unverdant
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unverdantadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈverdant.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [adjective] > lacking
nakedOE
peeled?a1513
unverdanta1657
verdureless1824
plantless1842
vegetationless1846
a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) I. 120 The Earth vnverdant may goe seeke Her Flowers in Winter.
1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 198 Ungraceful 'tis to see..A Leaf-less Tree, or an unverdant Mead.
1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt I. 20 The parched, baked, and unverdant clay that had replaced the greensward of Western city parks.
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