flourishing

adj 1: having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life;

"flourishing crops"; "flourishing chicks"; "a growing

boy"; "fast-growing weeds"; "a thriving deer

population" [syn: {growing}, {thriving}]

2: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a

palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business";

"doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did

a thriving business in orchids" [syn: {booming}, {palmy},

{prospering}, {prosperous}, {roaring}, {thriving}]