'Luxuriant flower' definitions:
Definition of 'Luxuriant flower'
From: GCIDE
- Luxuriant \Lux*u"ri*ant\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Producing luxuriant growth; very fertile; -- of soil. [PJC]
- 3. Having or producing an abundance of elaborate details; unrestrained; -- of imagery or ornamentation. [PJC]
- Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs. [1913 Webster]