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Definition of Luxuriance
1. Noun. The property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses.
Generic synonyms: Abundance, Copiousness, Teemingness
Derivative terms: Lush, Lush, Luxuriant, Luxuriant, Voluptuous
Definition of Luxuriance
1. n. The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth.
Definition of Luxuriance
1. Noun. The property of being luxuriant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luxuriance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxuriance
Literary usage of Luxuriance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... has been created. are not easy to appreciate until one is practically vanquished
by the glory of their colour and the luxuriance of their unrestraint. ..."
2. Travels in the United States, Etc.: During 1849 and 1850 by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley (1851)
"The Mexicans—Climate of Mexico—luxuriance of its Vegetation—Beauty of its Flowers
and Birds—Jalapa—The Journey from Vera Cruz—The State of the Roads—The ..."
3. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"[ABI LENK.l arose from the green luxuriance of its situation, " Abel " perhaps
denoting " a grassy ..."
4. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Reduced influence of light. Temperature and periodicity. Change of fronds.
South temperate seas. v. The Antic Benthos. Great luxuriance. ..."
5. The Life and Times of C. G. Memminger by Henry Dickson Capers, Union State Rights Party South Carolina (1893)
"But in an instant a wind from the desert reached our paradise and laid low its
luxuriance. Death appeared amongst us and prostrated our greatest and our ..."
6. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"These objections might be partly obviated by setting out the plants in permanent
borders ; aud to guard against over luxuriance in the first stages of ..."
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