Definition of Luxuriant

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

Exact synonyms: Elaborate
Similar to: Fancy
Derivative terms: Elaborateness, Luxuriance

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"
Exact synonyms: Exuberant, Lush, Profuse, Riotous
Similar to: Abundant
Derivative terms: Lushness, Luxuriance, Luxuriate, Profuseness

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
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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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