Luxuriance

//lʌɡˈʒʊəɹiəns// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of being luxuriant. countable, uncountable

    "Yet such was the luxuriance of the tropical growth that the rats had not attained such numbers as to provide competition among members of the species."

  2. 2
    the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses wordnet

Synonyms

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abundanceadornmentaffluenceamplitudearabesqueavalanche

Example

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"We seem to be transported, as in a dream, to the vines, and orange-groves, and cloudless skies of Greece, and the wearied spirit abandons itself for a while to the soft influences of the azure heaven, the countless luxuriance of roses, the undulating forms of the fair girls dancing in the shade, while youthful attendants brim the beaker with wine."

Etymology

From luxuri(ant) + -ance.

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