luxuriant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: luxuriant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for luxuriant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
luxuriant adj marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" Synonym(s): elaborate, luxuriant 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" Synonym(s): epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" Synonym(s): exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luxuriant \Luxu"riant\, a. [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See {Luxuriate}.] Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. --Pope. {Luxuriant flower} (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.