floral

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   decorated with, made from, or resembling flowers

   The curtains have a bold floral pattern.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to flowers or to the flower-producing structures of a plant

   The botanist examined the orchid's floral organs.

3. 3
   adj

   relating to the plant life characteristic of a particular region or period

   The survey identified several alpine floral elements in the valley.

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Simplified etymology

Floral is recorded from the mid-18th century and comes from the Latin word for “flower.” The same Latin source is associated with Flora, the ancient Italian goddess of fertility and flowers.

Borrowed from French floral, from Latin floralis ("of flowers"), from flos, floris ("flower"). Its regional-botany sense is also influenced by flora, the plant life of a place.

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