- (of plants, gardens, etc.) growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive; covered in healthy grass and plants synonym luxuriant
- lush vegetation
- the lush green countryside
Wordfinder- barren
- fertile
- landscape
- lush
- mountainous
- rolling
- rugged
- undulating
- volcanic
- wooded
Topics Plants and treesc1
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- beautiful and making you feel pleasure
- The colours are lush, rich and warm.
- (informal) attractive or pleasant
- This shampoo smells lush.
- OMG he's lush!
Word Originadjective late Middle English: perhaps an alteration of obsolete lash soft, lax, from Old French lasche lax, by association with luscious.
See lush in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation:
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