luxuriant
adjective/lʌɡˈʒʊəriənt/
/lʌɡˈʒʊriənt/
- (of plants or hair) growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive
- luxuriant vegetation
- thick, luxuriant hair
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- (especially of art or the atmosphere of a place) rich in something that is pleasant or beautiful
- the poet’s luxuriant imagery
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin luxuriant- ‘growing rankly’, from the verb luxuriare, from luxuria ‘luxury, rankness’.
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