-florouscomb. form

Primary stress is usually attracted to the first syllable of this combining form, occasionally to the syllable immediately preceding it. Vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -florus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -florus (in e.g. multiflorus (see multiflorous adj.), milleflorus (see milleflorous adj.); < classical Latin flōr- , flōs flower n.) + -ous suffix. Compare French -flore (in e.g. uniflore (see uniflorous adj.), pauciflore : see pauciflorous adj. at pauci- comb. form ).Attested from at least the early 18th cent. in formations after French and Latin models (e.g. nodiflorous adj. at nodi- comb. form , multiflorous adj.). A large number of formations are first recorded in R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) (e.g. pauciflorous adj. at pauci- comb. form ).

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Forming adjectives relating to flowers; esp. designating a plant bearing flowers of the type or number specified by the first element, as cauliflorous adj., ramiflorous adj., etc., and biflorous adj., multiflorous adj., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-florous
释义	-florouscomb. form Primary stress is usually attracted to the first syllable of this combining form, occasionally to the syllable immediately preceding it. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin -florus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -florus (in e.g. multiflorus (see multiflorous adj.), milleflorus (see milleflorous adj.); < classical Latin flōr- , flōs flower n.) + -ous suffix. Compare French -flore (in e.g. uniflore (see uniflorous adj.), pauciflore : see pauciflorous adj. at pauci- comb. form ).Attested from at least the early 18th cent. in formations after French and Latin models (e.g. nodiflorous adj. at nodi- comb. form , multiflorous adj.). A large number of formations are first recorded in R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) (e.g. pauciflorous adj. at pauci- comb. form ). Botany. Categories » Forming adjectives relating to flowers; esp. designating a plant bearing flowers of the type or number specified by the first element, as cauliflorous adj., ramiflorous adj., etc., and biflorous adj., multiflorous adj., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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