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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. marked by complexity and richness of detail;
- Example: "an elaborate lace pattern"
[syn: elaborate, luxuriant]

2. displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses;
- Example: "an epicurean banquet"
- Example: "enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs"
- Example: "Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence"
- Example: "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness"
[syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]

3. produced or growing in extreme abundance;
- Example: "their riotous blooming"
[syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Luxuriant \Lux*u"ri*ant\, a. [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare:
   cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]
   1. Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; profuse; very
      abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant
      foliage.
      [1913 Webster]

            Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil.
      [PJC]

   3. Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details;
      unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation.
      [PJC]

   Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes
      are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

luxuriant
    adj 1: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an
           elaborate lace pattern" [syn: elaborate, luxuriant]
    2: 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" [syn: epicurean,
       luxurious, luxuriant, sybaritic, voluptuary,
       voluptuous]
    3: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
       blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse,
       riotous]