floralflo‧ral /ˈflɔːrəl/ adjective 
a scarf with a bold floral pattern a pretty floral dress a light floral fragrance There were floral tributes (=flowers sent as a sign of respect after someone has died) from his colleagues.
WORD ORIGINfloral
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin flos; ➔ FLORAEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- floral designs on the curtains
- a floral display
- By separating the young plants from the floral stalk speedy reproductions is encouraged.
- His back looked comically enormous framed by the floral white lace of the curtains.
- She sat in the floral chintz chair next to his and drank her juice.
- She seated herself at the desk, relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room.
- Small floral arrangements and decorative artwork add graceful and poetic elegance.
- Two bronze candle holders in the center flanked a floral piece.
- Video-Taped report follows Read in studio Welcome back ... coming up late a floral spectacular.
- We stayed in the Flower Wing, our room luxuriously furnished with soft floral prints.
WORD SETS
arabesque, nounarc, nounarch, nounball, nounball, verbbar, nouncheck, nouncheckered, adjectivechevron, nouncoil, nounconical, adjectivecorrugated, adjectivecrescent, nouncrisscross, verbcrosswise, adverbcruciform, adjectivecube, nouncurl, verbcurl, nouncurvature, nouncurved, adjectivecurvy, adjectivecylinder, nouncylindrical, adjectivediagonal, adjectivediamond, noundisc, noundome, noundouble helix, nounellipse, nounelliptical, adjectivefloral, adjectiveformation, nounformless, adjectivegeometric, adjectiveglobe, nounglobular, adjectiveharlequin, adjectiveheart, nounhemisphere, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhoneycomb, nounhooked, adjectivehump, noun-iform, suffixlattice, nounMaltese Cross, nounmoon, nounmottled, adjectiveoblong, adjectiveoctagon, nounoval, nounovoid, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpeak, nounpentagon, nounpentagram, nounperimeter, nounpointed, adjectivepyramid, nounquadrangle, nounquadrilateral, nounradial, adjectiverectangle, nounrectangular, adjectiverectilinear, adjectiveregular, adjectivereticulated, adjectiverhomboid, nounrhomboid, adjectiverhombus, nounroll, nounround, adjectiveround, nounround, verbrounded, adjectivesemicircle, nounsolid, nounspatial, adjectivesphere, nounspiral, nounspotted, adjectivesquare, adjectivesquared, adjectivestar, nounstripe, nounstriped, adjectivestripy, adjectivesymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountabular, adjectivethree-cornered, adjectivethree-dimensional, adjectivetrapezium, nountrapezoid, nountrefoil, nountriangle, nountriangular, adjectivetubular, adjectiveundulate, verbvague, adjectiveveined, adjectiveV-formation, nounwavy, adjectivewhorl, nounwiggly, adjectivezigzag, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY There were floral tributes (=flowers sent as a sign of respect after someone has died) from his colleagues.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
There were floral tributes (=flowers sent as a sign of respect after someone has died) from his colleagues. (=of flowers)· The village has won an award for its floral displays.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· As a floral arrangement, it was overpoweringly large for the room.· Small floral arrangements and decorative artwork add graceful and poetic elegance.· The silver basket has holders for three candles to surround a floral arrangement, £128, Kenneth Turner.
· She seated herself at the desk, relocated a floral display and smiled as the first patient walked into the room.· Okra pods also can be dried and used on holiday wreaths, or picked on stems and used in dried floral displays.· The floral display at Newcastle provided a delightful finishing touch.· Gone were the lavish screens and bright floral displays of former days.
· Roller blinds offer a good deal of scope through colour and fabric combinations, from floral patterns to bold geometric prints.· She prefers bright colors in floral patterns or wide stripes.· A fitted carpet washed across the floor and its floral pattern was far too big to fit into the space it occupied.· Upstairs, all the bedrooms were bright with floral patterns, and braided rugs lay warm on the floors.· And who bought them in the first place, in those orange and red floral patterns?· A Royal Doulton tea-service with a delicate floral pattern and still packed in white tissue paper.
· We stayed in the Flower Wing, our room luxuriously furnished with soft floral prints.· There are three bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, all decorated very prettily with floral prints.
· And perhaps, as the spring draws on, there will be more floral tributes.· Among the scores of floral tributes were those from her schoolfriends.· Among the floral tributes was one from Everton football club.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
made of flowers or decorated with flowers or pictures of flowers: - Among the floral tributes was one from Everton football club.
- Among the scores of floral tributes were those from her schoolfriends.
- And perhaps, as the spring draws on, there will be more floral tributes.
a scarf with a bold floral pattern a pretty floral dress a light floral fragrance There were floral tributes (=flowers sent as a sign of respect after someone has died) from his colleagues.