lush

lush
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adj
1. fresh, succulent, juicy, sappy, moist, watery; pulpy, fleshy, soft, spongy.
2. luxuriant, luxurious, dense, thick, overgrown, overrun; jungly, jungled, tropical; flourishing, ver-dured, verdurous, verdant, green; superabundant, exuberant, rank, excessive, prolific.
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n Slang. alcoholic, dipsomaniac, drinker, hard or problem drinker; drunkard, drunk, inebriate, sot, soak, tosspot, toper, bibber, bibbler, barfly; All Inf. guzzler, swiller, soaker, sponge; All Sl. boozer, boozehound, souse, rummy, alky, dipso, juicehound, juicer. See alsodrunkard.

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