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Luxuriance [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. LUXU'RIANCE ,

2. LUXU'RIANCY, noun [Latin luxurians, luxurio, to grow rank, or to wanton.]

3. Rank growth; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance.

4. Flowers grow up in the garden with the greatest luxuriancy and profusion.

5. Excessive or superfluous growth.

6. A fungus prevents healing only by its luxuriancy.

Luxuriance [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state or quality of being luxuriant; rank, vigorous growth; excessive abundance produced by rank growth.