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FLORAL
floral, flowered
(adjective) resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; “an unusual floral design”
floral
(adjective) of or relating to the plant life in a particular region; “characteristic alpine floral elements”
floral
(adjective) relating to or associated with flowers; “floral organs”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
floral (comparative more floral, superlative most floral)
Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers.
Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way.
Noun
floral (plural florals)
A design involving flowers
A perfume redolent of flowers
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Flo"ral, a. Etym: [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F. floral. See Flora.]
1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. Martyn. Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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