luxuriant
2
6.0
- adjective
- /lʌɡˈzʊəriənt/
:
exuberante
- Blooming at the threshold of its white front door was a strikingly luxuriant and fragrant lavender bush.
- luxuriant forests
Examples
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What kind of life did he have beyond the cast-iron fence and the luxuriant garden?
Fiction book (1996) -
Coastal Plain alluvial valleys support luxuriant forests.
Academic text (2012) -
Their luxuriant fur has kept them warm at night, but needs a lot of attention to keep it clean.
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Her hair was long and luxuriant, for it had not been cut since puberty.
Academic text (1994) -
In protected areas, the vegetation is luxuriant, and fauna shows many southern features.
Fiction book (1996) -
Clara told the children about Mama, her love of color and music, her dancing, her luxuriant auburn hair.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her hair, a mulatto's, quite simply, quite naturally, fell in a luxuriant mane on her shoulders.
Fiction book (1998) -
The vegetable gardens in back looked luxuriant and bountiful, and the gladiolus in front glowed with color.
Academic text (2005) -
Precipitation to the north, in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas, is slightly less but still abundant enough to support luxuriant forests.
Academic text (2012) -
The vegetable gardens in back looked luxuriant and bountiful, and the gladiolus in front glowed with color.
Synonyms
51
3.7
Rich and full, like thick plants or juicy fruit
4
6.5
Produced or given in large amounts
3
5.8
Plants that grow thick and healthy with many leaves and flowers
1
7.5
Plant growth that is very full and wild
Antonyms
How Lush
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Luxuriant also kept an older sense from Latin that is like 'to grow a lot', and it is related to luxuriate and luxury. So when plants or hair are luxuriant, they grow thickly and richly.