Dictionary entry

LUXURIANCY

Webster's Dictionary 1828

LUXU'RIANCY, n. [L. luxurians, luxurio, to grow rank, or to wanton.]

1. Rank growth; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance.Flowers grow up in the garden with the greatest luxuriancy and profusion.2. Excessive or superfluous growth.A fungus prevents healing only by its luxuriancy.