Hypertext Webster Gateway: "luxuriant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Luxuriant \Lux*u"ri*ant\, a. [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare:
cf. F. luxuriant. See {Luxuriate}.]
Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a
luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.
Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. --Pope.
{Luxuriant flower} (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes
are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
luxuriant
adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate
lace pattern" [syn: {elaborate}]
2: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
blooming" [syn: {exuberant}, {lush}, {profuse}, {riotous}]
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