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Luxuriance

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lux·u·ri·ant  (lg-zhr-nt, lk-shr-)
adj.
1.
a. Characterized by rich or profuse growth.
b. Producing or yielding in abundance. See Synonyms at profuse.
2. Excessively florid or elaborate.
3. Marked by or displaying luxury; luxurious.
[Latin luxurins, luxuriant-, present participle of luxurire, to be luxuriant; see luxuriate.]
lux·uri·ance n.
lux·uri·ant·ly adv.
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Noun1.Luxurianceluxuriance - the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
lushness, voluptuousness
abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"


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