Luxuriant
Luxuriant , adjective
[Latin luxurians, present participle of luxuriare: compare French luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]
1.
Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; profuse; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.
Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine.
2.
Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil.
3.
Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation.
Collocations (1)
Luxuriant flower (Botany) , one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.