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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,624 words match “FLOW”

FLORAL a. 2 definitions
Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
FLORENTINE a.
precious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.
FLORESCENCE n.
A bursting into flower; a blossoming. Martyn.
FLORESCENT a.
Expanding into flowers; blossoming.
FLORET n.
A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Gray.
FLORIATION n.
Ornamentation by means of flower forms, whether closely imitated or conventionalized.
FLORICOMOUS a.
Having the head adorned with flowers. [R.]
FLORICULTURAL a.
Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.
FLORICULTURE n.
The cultivation of flowering plants.
FLORICULTURIST n.
One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.
FLORID a. 3 definitions
Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.] Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor.
FLORIFEROUS a.
Producing flowers. Blount.
FLORIFICATION n.
The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.
FLORIFORM a.
Having the form of a flower; flower-shaped.
FLORILEGE n.
The act of gathering flowers.
FLORIST n.
A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.
FLOROON n.
A border worked with flowers. Wright.
FLORULENT a.
Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] Blount.
FLOSS n.
The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.
FLOSSIFICATION n.
A flowering; florification. [R.] Craig.
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