单词 | florist |
释义 | floristn. One who cultivates flowers; one skilled in knowledge of flowering plants; also, one who raises flowers for sale, or who deals in flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [noun] > florist florist1623 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > floriculture and flower arranging > [noun] > floriculture > floriculturist florist1623 flowerist1694 flower-fancier1765 floriculturist1869 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of flowers flowerist1694 florist1718 flower girl1765 1623 H. Wotton Let. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 317 It hath given me acquaintance with some excellent Florists (as they are stiled). 1678 H. Vaughan Thalia Rediviva 47 Choice Flow'rs, all set and drest By old, sage florists. 1718 Free-thinker No. 11. 2 She will watch..as a Florist does a Bed of Flowers in the Spring. 1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi iii. 210 This father was a great naturalist or rather florist: he had large collections of flowers, plants, &c. 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue v. 217 They differ as the flowers of the florist differ from those of nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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