As a kid, I learned the word “verdant” by reading a Spider-Man novel in which Peter realized an organization was nefarious by recognizing the root “verde” in the name.
I think that, in the story, the organization was trying to reproduce The Hulk. Hence, green.
As a kid, I learned the word “verdant” by reading a Spider-Man novel in which Peter realized an organization was nefarious by recognizing the root “verde” in the name.
I think that, in the story, the organization was trying to reproduce The Hulk. Hence, green.
I learned it from the Verdant Flammable Device in A Series of Unfortunate Events.