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   Luxuriant (?), a. [L. luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F. luxuriant. See Luxuriate.]
   1. Exuberant in growth; rank; excessive; profuse; very abundant; as, “a luxuriant growth of grass; luxuriant foliage.”
   
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   Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. Pope.
   
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   2. Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil.
   
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   3. Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation.
   
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   Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.
   
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