Luxurians
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An epithet describing unusually lush, vigorous, or exuberant growth — the plant grows with exceptional energy and abundance, implying both physical vigor and visual opulence.
Etymology
From Latin luxurians, present participle of luxuriare (to be luxuriant), from luxuria (excess), from luxus (luxury).
Example
“Ficus luxurians and Nephrolepis luxurians both display the exceptionally vigorous, abundant growth the epithet describes — plants growing with almost indecorous exuberance.”