displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
<adj.all> an epicurean banquet enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
produced or growing in extreme abundance
<adj.all> their riotous blooming
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.
Prune the luxuriant, the uncouth refine. --Pope.
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.
The Neapolitan expansiveness of invention and luxuriant vocal writing were drastically cut back; the siege itself was re-located from Negroponte to Corinth.
The gardens are full of squash and corn, luxuriant under a bright blue sky against the coming frost.
Mr. Elliott's life style was luxuriant, even by upscale local standards.