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Definition of Luxuriant

1. Adjective. Marked by complexity and richness of detail. "An elaborate lace pattern"

2. Adjective. Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses. "A chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"

3. Adjective. Produced or growing in extreme abundance. "Their riotous blooming"

Definition of Luxuriant

1. a. Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.

Definition of Luxuriant

1. Adjective. Abundant in growth or detail. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Luxuriant

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Luxuriant

1. Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. "Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. " (Pope) Luxuriant flower, one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs. Origin: L. Luxurians, p. Pr. Of luxuriare: cf. F. Luxuriant. See Luxuriate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luxuriant

luxations luxe luxes luxive luxmeter luxmeters luxon luxonic luxons luxullianite

luxullianites luxuria luxuriance luxuriances luxuriancy luxuriant (current term) luxuriantly luxuriate luxuriated luxuriates

luxuriating luxuriation luxuries luxuriety luxurious luxuriously luxuriousness luxuriousnesses luxurist luxurists

Literary usage of Luxuriant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1810)
"4 Hedgehogs live principally on fallen fruits, grass, roots, and insects, there is nothing wonderful that a few of them should be found in a luxuriant ..."

2. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"... Quadrupeds—Recent Extinction—Longevity of Species—Large Animals do not require a luxuriant vegetation — Southern Africa — Siberian Fossils — Two Species ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... Quadrupeds—Recent Extinction—Longevity of Species—Large Animals do not require a luxuriant vegetation — Southern Africa — Siberian Fossils — Two Species ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"... and it was doubtless covered with a luxuriant growth as soon as it was dried or cooled sufficiently, and this would require only a short time. ..."

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