luxuriance

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Luxuriance is atoned for by a Turkey carpet of floral magnificence.

From Science in Arcady by Allen, Grant

Luxuriance, of vegetative organs, a cause of sterility in plants, ii. 168-171.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Luxuriance of the plains of, 251 Indian pilgrims protected by their poverty, 265 The Duke of Wellington’s dictum about the means of preserving health in, 265, n.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Dead gold, dead bronze, dull amethystine rose, Rose cameo, in day's gray, somber spar Of smoky quartz—intaglioed beauty—glows Luxuriance of color.

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

Luxuriance, bordering on levity, follows fast a sense of justice and of truth, that might have put a Brutus and an Aristides to the blush.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 by Various