Lexic.us

Definition of Floral

1. Adjective. Resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers. "An unusual floral design"

2. Adjective. Relating to or associated with flowers. "Floral organs"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the plant life in a particular region. "Characteristic alpine floral elements"

Definition of Floral

1. a. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.

Definition of Floral

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers ¹

2. Adjective. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way ¹

3. Noun. A floral design ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Floral

1. pertaining to flowers [adj] : FLORALLY [adv] / a design in which flowers predominate [n -S]

Medical Definition of Floral

1. Belonging to or associated with a flower. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floral

floppy disks floppy drive floppy drives floppy infant syndrome floppy valve syndrome floppydock floppydocks flops flopsy floptical disk

floptical disks flopwing flor flora florae floral (current term) floral cup floral envelope floral leaf floral white

florally floralness florals floramour floramours floran florantyrone floras floreat floreated

Literary usage of Floral

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"THE floral STEM. The portion of the stem from which floral leaves proceed is ... The floral stem, like every other, is built up of internodes whose number ..."

2. Introduction to Structural and Systematic Botany and Vegetable Physiology by Asa Gray (1866)
"Augmentation of the floral Circles. An increased number of circles or parts of all the floral organs occurs in the Magnolia family ; where the floral ..."

3. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"A few of the most commonly harvested products for the floral market are mentioned below (table 9-1). The appendix has more information on several of these. ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"In September, 1888, the defendant placed a telephone in floral Hall, and connected it with No. 12 wire with its telephone line on the highway. ..."

5. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"Such are the leaves of the Flower, or the floral Envelope». 229. The floral Envelopes, taken together, are sometimes called the PERIANTH, ..."

6. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"Generally, the floral envelopes are treated distinctively as calyx and ... Mirbel and Brown established it in the sense of the collective floral covering. ..."

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