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• But her mind couldn’t help dwelling on the way the Russian’s long fingers had Welsh-combed his luxuriant hair.2009, Charlie Brooks, chapter 21, in Citizen, London: Harper, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry welsh-comb
• Besides, at the piano sat Ágnes Kallós, István’s fiancée, in a white dress, her luxuriant hair in a Madonna-braid.1999, Margit Kaffka, translated by George F. Cushing, Colours and Years, Corvina Books Ltd., →ISBN, page 61. From the entry Madonna braid
• Slithering amongst the luxuriant growth were olive sea snakes.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 114. From the entry olive sea snake
• To her surprise, the grass was slick with dew, its texture unusually luxuriant beneath her hands as she spread her skirts to cover her ankles.2012, Laura Parker, A Rose in Splendor, →ISBN. From the entry acushla
• It looked a house-boat despite its guard of whitewashed stones and luxuriant flowers, its wooden fretwork frontage almost wholly immersed in bougainvillaea.1981, Wole Soyinka, chapter I, in Aké: The Years of Childhood, New York: Vintage, published 1983, page 5. From the entry frontage
• A litchi tree planted in the 8th century in Putien county, Fukien province, east China, is still luxuriant and produces fruit every year.1980 January, Tieng Sang, “A 1,200 Year-Old Litchi Tree Flourishes in the People's Republic of China”, in Fruit Varieties Journal, volume…. From the entry Putien
• Particularly in the latter part of the sixth century the lotus descriptions are executed in a luxuriant way and often quite naturalistic.1957, Bo Gyllensvärd, T'ANG GOLD AND SILVER (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities Bulletin), volume 29, Göteborg: Elanders Boktryckeri, page 21. From the entry Khotan
• Purple loosestrife arrived early, shaking luxuriant tangled locks along the edge of the mirror whence its own face laughed back at it.1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, “The Wild Wood”, in The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 48. From the entry purple loosestrife
• The reefless tract directly behind the ribbon reefs on the outer shelf off Cooktown supports a luxuriant growth of Halimeda that, during the Holocene, has developed into bioherms.1988 March, John F. Marshall & Peter J. Davies, “Halimeda bioherms of the northern Great Barrier Reef”, in SpringerLink. From the entry reefless
• Having hobbelled our horses, that eagerly fed on the luxuriant grass surrounding them, we crossed the river in a canoe which had been scooped by Mr.1967, Wanderings in new south wales - Volume 1, page 187. From the entry hobbel
• At one of their literary dinners, should a crumb get caught in the luxuriant Fields beard — "There's a gazelle in the garden, Jamie," his wife would say.1956, Louise Hall Tharp, page 254. From the entry gazelle in the garden
• An abundance of bird life dwells in the luxuriant boscage of the cuttings, and the whole six miles provide a rich field of study for the botanist.1950 March, Eric S. Tonks, “The Whitacre—Hampton-in-Arden Line, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 187. From the entry boscage

Meaning of luxuriant

1. adjective Abundant in growth or detail.
2. adjective Overdeveloped at the expense of essential organs.

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How do you use luxuriant in a sentence?

Luxuriant is used as an adjective. For example: “Thus, to find luxuriant growths of seaweeds unaffected by man, one must go to the Channel Islands where pollution has not taken its toll.”

What is a short sentence with luxuriant?

“Slithering amongst the luxuriant growth were olive sea snakes.”

What does luxuriant mean?

Luxuriant means abundant in growth or detail.