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floriferous, a.|flɒˈrɪfərəs| [f. L. flōrifer (f. flōr(i)-, flōs + -fer bearing) + -ous.] Producing flowers. Hence floˈriferousness.
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Floriferous. 1678T. Jordan Triumphs Lond. 11, A Verdant Hill, which the Floriferous hand of Nature had Crown'd with [etc.]. 1727Bailey, vol. II, Floriferousness. 1796C. Marshall Garden. xix. (1813) 345 The dwarf sort..is not so floriferous as the large. 1881Pract. Gardener 35 China Roses..none are more floriferous than these. 1882Garden 25 Feb. 134/3 Its extreme floriferousness compared with that of any of the others. fig.1879G. Meredith Egoist I. Prel. 5 This laughter of reason refreshed is floriferous. |