Hypertext Webster Gateway: "floral"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. (Bot.) 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

floral
adj 1: resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers; "an unusual
floral design" [syn: {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"


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