Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.
Beau. & Fl.
Flo*res"cence (?), n. [See Florescent.] (Bot.) A bursting into flower;
a blossoming. Martyn.
Flo*res"cent (?), a. [L. florescens, p. pr. of florescere begin to
blossom, incho. fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
Flower.] Expanding into flowers; blossoming.
Flo"ret (?), n. [OF. florete, F. fleurette, dim. of OF. lor, F. fleur.
See Flower, and cf. Floweret, 3d Ferret.] 1. (Bot.) 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.
2. [F. fleuret.] A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing. [Obs.]
Cotgrave.
Flo"ri*age (?), n. [L. flos, floris, flower.] Bloom; blossom. [Obs.] J.
Scott.
Flo"ri*a`ted (?), a. (Arch.) Having floral ornaments; as, floriated
capitals of Gothic pillars.
Flo*ric"o*mous (?), a. [L. flos, floris, flower + coma hair.] Having
the head adorned with flowers. [R.]
Flo`ri*cul"tur*al (? or ?; 135), a. Pertaining to the cultivation of
flowering plants.
Flo"ri*cul`ture (? or ?; 135, 277), n. [L. flos, floris, flower +
cultura culture.] The cultivation of flowering plants.
Flo`ri*cul"tur*ist (?), n. One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a
florist.
Flor"id (?), a. [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See Flower.] 1.
Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.]
Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree.
Jer. Taylor.
2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a
florid countenance.
3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with
figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.
4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures,
divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little
ornamentations.
Flor"i*da bean" (?). (Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of
Mucuna urens. See under Bean. (b) One of the very large seeds of the
Entada scandens.
||Flo*rid"e*Ê (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. flos, floris, a flower.] (Bot.)
||A subclass of algÊ including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the
||RhodospermeÊ of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid
||color of most of the species.
Flo*rid"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer.
Flor"id*ly (?), adv. In a florid manner.
Flor"id*ness, n. The quality of being florid. Boyle.
Flo*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. florifer; flos, floris, flower + ferre to
bear; cf. F. florifËre.] Producing flowers. Blount.
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Flo`ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. flos, floris, flower + facere to make.]
The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.
Flo"ri*form (? or ?), a. [L. flos, floris, flower + -form: cf. F.
floriforme.] Having the form of a flower; flower- shaped.
Flo"ri*ken (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal
floriken is Sypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, florikin,
florican.]
Flo"ri*lege (?), n. [L. florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower
+ legere to gather: cf. F. florilËge.] The act of gathering flowers.