Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LUX-U'RI-ANT, a.

1. Exuberant in growth; abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of grass.
2. Exuberant in plenty; superfluous in abundance. Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth retine. – Pope.
3. A luxuriant flower multiplies the covers of the fructification so as to destroy the essential parts. – Martyn.