luxuriance

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LUXU'RIANCE, LUXU'RIANCY, noun [Latin 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.
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