/ lʌʃ; NAmE / adjective , noun
■ adjective
1.
( of plants, gardens, etc. ) growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive; covered in healthy grass and plants
SYN luxuriant :
lush vegetation
the lush green countryside
2.
beautiful and making you feel pleasure; seeming expensive :
a lush apartment
■ noun
( NAmE , informal ) = alcoholic
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WORD ORIGIN
adjective late Middle English : perhaps an alteration of obsolete lash soft, lax , from Old French lasche lax, by association with luscious .
noun late 18th cent.: perhaps a humorous use of lush luscious .