'Luxuriant' definitions:
Definition of 'luxuriant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" [syn: elaborate, luxuriant]
adjective
Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"; "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness" [syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]
adjective
Definition of 'Luxuriant'
From: GCIDE
- Luxuriant \Lux*u"ri*ant\, a. [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]
- 1. Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; profuse; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. [1913 Webster]
- Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil. [PJC]
- 3. Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation. [PJC]
- Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'luxuriant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abounding,
- abundant,
- adorned,
- affluent,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- aplenty,
- arabesque,
- baroque,
- befrilled,
- blooming,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- bursting,
- bursting out,
- busy,
- chichi,
- colored,
- copious,
- creative,
- decorated,
- deluxe,
- dense,
- diffuse,
- effuse,
- elaborate,
- elegant,
- embellished,
- embroidered,
- epidemic,
- exhaustless,
- extravagant,
- exuberant,
- fancy,
- fat,
- fecund,
- fertile,
- festooned,
- figurative,
- figured,
- fine,
- flamboyant,
- flashy,
- florid,
- flourishing,
- flowery,
- flush,
- frilly,
- fructiferous,
- fruitful,
- full,
- fussy,
- galore,
- garish,
- gaudy,
- generous,
- gross,
- heavy,
- high-wrought,
- impenetrable,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- inexhaustible,
- jungled,
- jungly,
- labored,
- lavish,
- liberal,
- luscious,
- lush,
- luxurious,
- many,
- maximal,
- moresque,
- much,
- numerous,
- opulent,
- ornate,
- ostentatious,
- overcharged,
- overdone,
- overelaborate,
- overelegant,
- overflowing,
- overgrown,
- overlabored,
- overloaded,
- overrun,
- overworked,
- overwrought,
- palatial,
- picturesque,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- plush,
- pregnant,
- pretty-pretty,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- proliferous,
- prolific,
- purple,
- rampant,
- rank,
- replete,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- rococo,
- running over,
- seminal,
- showy,
- sumptuous,
- superabundant,
- swarming,
- teeming,
- thick,
- thriving,
- uberous,
- unweeded,
- wealthy,
- weed-choked,
- weed-ridden,
- weedy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale