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Webster 1913 Edition


Floriferous

Flo-rif′er-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
florifer
;
flos
,
floris
, flower +
ferre
to bear; cf. F.
florifère
.]
Producing flowers.
Blount.

Webster 1828 Edition


Floriferous

FLORIF'EROUS

,
Adj.
[L. florifer, from flos, a flower, and fero, to bear.] Producing flowers.

Definition 2024


floriferous

floriferous

English

Adjective

floriferous (comparative more floriferous, superlative most floriferous)

  1. (botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).
    • 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 September 2015, page 3:
      So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next.

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