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noun
The property of being lush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: luxuriance, voluptuousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abundance, copiousness, teemingness
History
Etymology tree English lush Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lushness From lush + -ness.
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