luxuriant |lʌgˈʒʊ%rɪ%nt, lʌgˈzjʊ%-, lʌkˈsjʊ%-| adjective (of vegetation) rich and profuse in growth; lush. forests of dark, luxuriant foliage. • (of hair) thick and healthy. she tossed her luxuriant dark hair. DERIVATIVES luxuriance noun, luxuriantly adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin luxuriant- ‘growing rankly’, from the verb luxuriare, from luxuria ‘luxury, rankness’. luxuriant adjective luxuriant green vegetation: lush, rich, abundant, superabundant, profuse, exuberant, prolific, teeming, flourishing, fecund, thriving, vigorous, riotous; dense, thick, rank, rampant, overgrown; verdant, green; informal jungly. ANTONYMS barren, meagre, sparse. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS luxuriant or luxurious?See luxurious. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs. lush 1 |lʌʃ| adjective 1 (of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly: lush greenery and cultivated fields. • very rich and providing great sensory pleas...