luxuriant

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LUXU'RIANT, adjective 1. Exuberant in growth; abundant; as a luxuriant growth of grass. 2. Exuberant in plenty; superfluous in abundance. Prune the luxuriant the uncouth refine. 3. A luxuriant flower multiplies the covers of the fructification so as to destroy the essential parts.
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