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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

lush
    adj 1: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
           blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant,
           profuse, riotous]
    2: characterized by extravagance and profusion; "a lavish
       buffet"; "a lucullan feast" [syn: lavish, lucullan,
       lush, plush, plushy]
    3: full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef";
       "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: lush,
       succulent]
    n 1: a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn:
         alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush,
         soaker, souse]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lush \Lush\ (l[u^]sh), a. [Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr.
   luscious.]
   1. Full of juice or succulence. --Tennyson.
      [1913 Webster]

            How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green!
                                                  --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Having thick and luxurient vegetation.
      [PJC]

   3. Characterized by abundance or luxurience; rich.
      [PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lush \Lush\, n. [Etymol uncertain; said to be fr. Lushington,
   name of a London brewer.]
   1. Liquor, esp. intoxicating liquor; drink. [Slang] --C.
      Lever.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. an habitual drunkard.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for lush:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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