luxuriant adjective (of vegetation) rich and profuse in growth; lush. forests of dark, luxuriant foliage . • (of hair) thick and healthy . she tossed her luxuriant dark hair . DERIVATIVES luxuriance noun, luxuriantly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin luxuriant- ‘growing rankly’ , from the verb luxuriare , from luxuria ‘luxury, rankness’ . luxuriant adjective luxuriant green vegetation : lush, rich, abundant, superabundant, profuse, exuberant, prolific, teeming, flourishing, fecund, thriving, vigorous, riotous; dense, thick, rank, rampant, overgrown; verdant, green; informal jungly. ANTONYMS barren, meagre, sparse. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS luxuriant or luxurious? See luxurious . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs. lush 1 |lʌʃ| adjective 1 (of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly: lush greenery and cultivated fields . • very rich and providing great sensory pleasure: lush orchestrations . 2 Brit. informal sexually attracti...
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