luxuriance

[ luhg-zhoo r-ee-uh ns, luhk-shoo r- ]

/ lʌgˈʒʊər i əns, lʌkˈʃʊər- /

luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.

Words nearby luxuriance

First recorded in 1720–30; luxuri(ant) + -ance

o·ver·lux·u·ri·ance, noun

Away below—far below where we were—lay a lovely valley, smiling in all the luxuriance of bright vegetation.
The Desert Home|Mayne Reid
Vegetation there springs up with the rapidity, and flourishes with the luxuriance, of tropical climates.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846|Various
The second period passes from the highest point to which this art attained to a luxuriance promising decay.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4|Various
Every species of grass flourishes or may flourish here, with a luxuriance unrivalled on the continent.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864|Various

The luxuriance of vegetation seemed so great, as not only to cover the earth, but to lift itself up suspended in the air.
Gleanings by the Way|John A. Clark