Noah Webster
Luxuriance
LUXU'RIANCE,
LUXU'RIANCY, noun [Latin luxurians, luxurio, to grow rank, or to wanton.]
1. Rank growth; strong, vigorous growth; exuberance.
Flowers grow up in the garden with the greatest luxuriancy and profusion.
2. Excessive or superfluous growth.
A fungus prevents healing only by its luxuriancy.