a. rare–1. [ad. It. verdazzurro sea-green: see VERD sb. and AZURE a. Cf. obs. F. verd d’azur (Cotgr.), used by Holland, Pliny (1601), II. 528.] Of a bluish-green color; sea-green.
1876. Mrs. Whitney, Sights & Ins., xxxiii. II. 147. The gold-green water that, out from the mountain shadows, grew verd-azure in the sun.
