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The virid corn that to the breeze

—Dreams and Days: Poems

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adjective Bright green with or as if with vegetation; verdant.

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The virid corn that to the breeze — Dreams and Days: Poems
The virid grass; but trivial still the hurt; — The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
Fed by the moisture, virid grass arose; — The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
In virid freshness! shortly leaves bud forth; — The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
Fill'd all the air; he o'er the virid plain — The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II

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Latin viridis, from virēre, to be green.

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from Latin viridis, green, from virere, be green. Cf. verd, vert, verdant, etc., from the same source.

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/ˈvɪrɪd/

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