Dictionary entry

Luxuriant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Lux‐u″ri‐ant (?), 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.