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luxuriant definition

luxu·ri·ant (lug z̸ho̵orē ənt, luk s̸ho̵or-)

adjective

  1. Rare very productive; fertile luxuriant soil
  2. growing with vigor and in great abundance; lush; teeming
  3. characterized by richness and extravagance, as in ornamentation, invention, etc. often tending to excess a luxuriant imagination
  4. luxurious

Etymology: L luxurians, prp. of luxuriare: see luxuriate

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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