lush Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
    souse; alcoholic; alky; boozer; dipsomaniac; soaker.
  2. adjective satellite produced or growing in extreme abundance
    luxuriant; profuse; riotous; exuberant.
    • their riotous blooming
  3. adjective satellite characterized by extravagance and profusion
    lavish; lucullan; plush; plushy.
    • a lavish buffet
    • a lucullan feast
  4. adjective satellite full of juice
    succulent.
    • lush fruits
    • succulent roast beef
    • succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves

WordNet

Lush adjective
Etymology
Prob. an abbrev. of lushious, fr. luscious.
Definitions
  1. Full of juice or succulence. Tennyson.
    How lush and lusty the grass looks! how green! Shak.

Webster 1913