florist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who grows, arranges, or sells cut flowers and ornamental plants

   The florist combined roses and foliage into a balanced bouquet.

2. 2
   noun

   a shop that sells flowers and ornamental plants

   She stopped at the florist to order flowers for the ceremony.

Borrowed from French fleuriste, 'a grower or seller of flowers,' ultimately from Latin flos (genitive floris), 'flower,' + -ist. The word first referred especially to flower cultivators before broadening to sellers and arrangers.

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