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lusciousness

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lus·cious  (lshs)
adj.
1. Sweet and pleasant to taste or smell: a luscious melon. See Synonyms at delicious.
2. Having strong sensual or sexual appeal; seductive.
3. Richly appealing to the senses or the mind: a luscious, vivid description.
4. Archaic Excessively sweet; cloying.

[Middle English lucius, alteration of licious, perhaps short for delicious, delicious; see delicious.]

luscious·ly adv.
luscious·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lusciousnesslusciousness - extreme appetizingness              
appetisingness, appetizingness - the property of stimulating the appetite
Translations
lusciousness [ˈlʌʃəsnɪs] Nexquisitez f; [of fruit] → suculencia f
lusciousness
nKöstlichkeit f; (of fruit also)Saftigkeit f; (of colour)Sattheit f; (of girl)knuspriges or appetitliches Aussehen (inf); (of figure)Üppigkeit f


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When fruit is mature, it broadcasts its lusciousness by releasing organic chemicals (molecules containing carbon atoms as their backbone), which attract hungry animals.
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People will come away stunned at the bravura lusciousness of Sargent, which comes out in him in Italy, because Italy is a country that's all about the beauty of physical sensation,'' says Robertson.
 
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