Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-U'BER-ANCE, or EX-U'BER-AN-CY, n. [L. exuberans, exubero; ex and ubero, to fatten; uber, a pap or breast, that is, a swelling or mass.]

1. An abundance; an overflowing quantity; richness; as, an exuberance of fertility or fancy.
2. Superfluous abundance; luxuriance.
3. Overgrowth; superfluous shoots, as of trees.