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lux⋅u⋅ri⋅ant

[luhg-zhoor-ee-uhnt, luhk-shoor-]
–adjective
1. abundant or lush in growth, as vegetation.
2. producing abundantly, as soil; fertile; fruitful; productive: to settle in luxuriant country.
3. richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant.
4. florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint.

Origin:
1530–40; < L luxuriant- (s. of luxuriāns), prp. of luxuriāre to be rank or immoderate. See luxury, -ant


lux⋅u⋅ri⋅ant⋅ly, adverb


1. teeming. 2. fruitful, prolific. 3. copious.
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lux·u·ri·ant   (lŭg-zhŏŏr'ē-ənt, lŭk-shŏŏr'-)   
adj.  
    1. Characterized by rich or profuse growth.

    2. Producing or yielding in abundance. See Synonyms at profuse.

  1. Excessively florid or elaborate.

  2. Marked by or displaying luxury; luxurious.


[Latin luxuriāns, luxuriant-, present participle of luxuriāre, to be luxuriant; see luxuriate.]
lux·u'ri·ance n., lux·u'ri·ant·ly adv.
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luxuriant 
c.1540, from L. luxuriantem (nom. luxurians), prp. of luxuriare "have to excess, grow profusely" (see luxuriate).
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