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luxuriance

[ luhg-zhoor-ee-uhns, luhk-shoor- ]

/ lʌgˈʒʊər i əns, lʌkˈʃʊər- /

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noun

luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.

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Origin of luxuriance

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

OTHER WORDS FROM luxuriance

o·ver·lux·u·ri·ance, noun

Words nearby luxuriance

Luxemburg, Luxol fast blue, Luxor, luxulianite, Lu Xun, luxuriance, luxuriant, luxuriate, luxurious, luxury, luxury tax

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Example sentences from the Web for luxuriance

The plant attains a large size, and grows with a luxuriance common to all products grown in the famous "blue grass" region.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
They grew with the greatest luxuriance, and produced abundance of flowers and seed.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
At the iron window of her prison they appeared to grow with the joy and luxuriance of gratitude.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Neither is the luxuriance of Fletcher, which his friends have taxed in him, a less fault than the carelessness of Shakespeare.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18)|John Dryden

In the middle of every field was an elm or a chesnut, which by the luxuriance of its foliage seemed planted in other ages.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

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