1.
[syn: floral, flowered]
2. relating to or associated with flowers;
- Example: "floral organs"
3. of or relating to the plant life in a particular region;
- Example: "characteristic alpine floral elements"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Floral \Flo"ral\, a. [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F.
floral. See Flora.]
1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as,
floral games, wreaths.
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2. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral
bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. --Martyn.
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Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the
other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
floral
adj 1: resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an
unusual floral design" [syn: floral, flowered]
2: relating to or associated with flowers; "floral organs"
3: of or relating to the plant life in a particular region;
"characteristic alpine floral elements"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "floral":
blooming, bloomy, blossoming, efflorescent, floreate, florescent,
floriate, floriated, floricultural, florid, flowered, flowering,
flowery, garden, horticultural, hortulan, in bloom, in blossom,
in flower, inflorescent, multiflorous, radiciflorous, rhizanthous,
uniflorous