verdura

/beɾˈduɾa/ · B2 · noun · f

vegetable

🥬🥦 verd- = verde (green) + -ura: the green stuff, like English verdant

From Latin viridis, green, the same root as English verdant and verdure. Verde means green in Spanish, and verdura is the green stuff you eat: vegetables. In poetry it can still just mean greenness.

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