Lux*u"ri*ant (?), a. [L.
luxurians, p. pr. of luxuriare: cf. F.
luxuriant. See Luxuriate.] Exuberant in growth;
rank; excessive; very abundant; as, a luxuriant growth of
grass; luxuriant foliage.
Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth
refine.
Pope.
Luxuriant flower (Bot.), one in which
the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the
essential organs.