my friend Susanne sent me this definition below of a Latin word (viriditas) that I am ashamed to say that I did not remember from all my years of Latin in middle and high school... (sorry to Mrs. Ward!) Nevertheless, this picture I took today embodies it well.
Viriditas (Latin, literally "greenness," formerly translated as "viridity"[1]) is a word meaning vitality, fecundity, lushness, verdure, or growth. It is particularly associated with abbess Hildegard von Bingen, who used it to refer to or symbolize spiritual and physical health, often as a reflection of the divine word or as an aspect of the divine nature.
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