flowery

Adjective
US[flou-er-ee]/ˈflaʊɚi/3 syllables
Synonyms: ornate

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to or suggestive of flowers“a flowery hat”“flowery wine”Relating to flower
  2. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details“a flowery speech”“ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato — John Milton”Synonyms: ornateOpposite unrhetoricalSimilar rhetorical
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Flow′er·y adjective

1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.

2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. John Milton

The flowery kingdom, China.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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