flora /flōˈrə or flöˈ/

1. The assemblage of all forms of vegetable life of a region or age, esp as distinct from animal life (fauna)
2. A list or descriptive enumeration of these

floˈral adjective

Relating to the goddess Flora, to floras, or to flowers

floˈrally adverb

Floréal /flō-rā-äl/ noun (French)

The 8th month of the French revolutionary calendar, the month of flowers, about 20 April–20 May

florescence /flor-esˈəns/ noun

1. A bursting into flower
2. A time of flowering (botany)

florescˈent adjective

Bursting into flower

floret /florˈit/ noun

1. A small flower
2. One of the single flowers in the head of a composite flower
3. One of the branches in the head of a cauliflower or broccoli

floˈriated or floˈreated adjective (architecture)

Decorated with a floral ornament

floribunda /flor-, flōr- or flör-i-bunˈdə/ noun

A plant, esp a rose, whose flowers grow in clusters

floriculˈtural /flōr- or flör-/ adjective

florˈiculture noun

The growing of flowers or plants

floriculˈturist noun

florifˈerous adjective

Bearing or producing flowers

floˈriform adjective

Flower-shaped

florˈigen /-i-jən/ noun

(Gr gennaein to produce) a postulated flower-forming hormone

florilegium /-lēˈji-əm/ noun (pl florilēˈgia)

(L legere to gather) an anthology or collection of choice extracts

florˈist noun

1. A seller, or grower, of flowers
2. /flōˈ or flöˈrist/ a person who studies flowers or floras

floristˈic adjective

• on the club
• on the contrary
• on the crest of a wave
• on the cross
• on the cuff
• on the danger list
• on the decline
• on the dole
• on the dot
• on the dot of
• on the ebb
• on the edge of one's seat
• on the face of it
• on the fiddle
• on the fly
• provocateur
• provocateurs
• provocation
• provocations
• provocative
• provocatively
• provocativeness
• provocativenesses
• provocatives
• provocator