adjective
lush
LUSH/lʌʃ/
Abundant and richly flourishing in growth.
Lush ferns cover the shaded ground along the forest trail.
Etymology
Old French lasche meant soft or loose, and early English lush likewise described softness or tenderness. Its later use for luxuriant plant growth shifted the emphasis to rich abundance.
In context
historians call the fertile crescent, a curved region of lush valleys and abundant rivers in an otherwise arid world
More examples
- The garden grows lusher with regular watering.
- Heavy spring rains leave the hills covered in lush grass.
- The lushest vegetation grows beside the stream.
Forms
lush · lusher · lushest
lushness noun — The quality of abundant, flourishing growth.