Luxuriant

  • 21luxuriant — adj. Luxuriant is used with these nouns: ↑foliage …

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  • 22luxuriant — [lʌg ʒʊərɪənt, lʌg zjʊə , lʌk sjʊə ] adjective 1》 (of vegetation) rich and profuse in growth. 2》 (of hair) thick and healthy. Derivatives luxuriance noun luxuriantly adverb Origin C16: from L. luxuriant …

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  • 23luxuriant — adjective luxuriant vegetation Syn: lush, rich, abundant, profuse, exuberant, riotous, prolific, vigorous; dense, thick, rank, rampant; informal jungly See note at profuse Ant: barren …

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  • 24luxuriant — lux•u•ri•ant [[t]lʌgˈʒʊər i ənt, lʌkˈʃʊər [/t]] adj. 1) abundant in growth, as vegetation; lush 2) producing abundantly, as soil; fertile 3) richly abundant, profuse, or superabundant 4) florid, as imagery or ornamentation; lacking in restraint • …

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  • 25luxuriant — adj. 1 (of vegetation etc.) lush, profuse in growth. 2 prolific, exuberant, rank (luxuriant imagination). 3 (of literary or artistic style) florid, richly ornate. Derivatives: luxuriance n. luxuriantly adv. Etymology: L luxuriare grow rank f.… …

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  • 26Luxuriant magazine — est un magazine gratuit luxembourgeois bimestriel, ayant pour thème l actualité culturelle, la mode, l’art, la musique, les voyages et l’automobile. Le magazine a été fondé en mai 2008 par Sébastien Vécrin, Patrice Legrand, Pascal Monfort et… …

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  • 27Luxuriant flower — 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… …

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  • 28luxuriant, luxurious — Luxuriant means growing abundantly, flourishing vigorously : The tropical foliage was luxuriant. Luxurious means fond of, or given to, luxury : These hotel rooms are luxurious. Approximate synonyms of luxurious are sensuous, voluptuous, sumptuous …

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  • 29Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals — The Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chinese: 春秋繁露; pinyin: Chūnqiū Fánlòu; Wade–Giles: Ch unch iu Fanlou) is one of the work that has survived to the present that was attributed to Dong Zhongshu, but compilation might had lasted… …

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  • 30luxuriant, luxurious —    The words are not interchangeable, though the meanings sometimes overlap. Luxuriant indicates profusion ( luxuriant hair ). Luxurious means sumptuous and expensive ( a luxurious house ). A luxuriant carpet is a shaggy one; a luxurious carpet… …

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