Definition of Florist

1. Noun. Someone who grows and deals in flowers. "The florist made up an attractive bouquet"


2. Noun. A shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold.
Exact synonyms: Florist Shop, Flower Store
Generic synonyms: Shop, Store

Definition of Florist

1. n. A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.

Definition of Florist

1. Noun. A person who sells flowers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Florist

1. a grower or seller of flowers [n -S]

Medical Definition of Florist

1. 1. A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers. 2. One who writes a flora, or an account of plants. Origin: Cf. F. Fleuriste, floriste, fr. F. Fleur flower. See Flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Florist

florigenic
florigens
floriken
florikens
florikin
florikins
florilegia
florilegium
florimania
florimanias
florimer
florimers
florin
florins
floriography
florist (current term)
florist's
florist's chrysanthemum
florist's gloxinia
florist's willow
florist shop
floristic
floristically
floristics
floristries
floristry
florists
florists' chrysanthemum
floroon
floroons

Literary usage of Florist

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

1. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1873)
"B,echer, John, florist, Milwaukee. Baumgarten, florist, Milwaukee. ... Gebhardt, Heinrich, florist and vegetable gardener, Milwaukee. ..."

2. The Girl and the Job by Helen Christene Hoerle, Florence B.. Saltzberg (1919)
"THE florist The florist business will no doubt appeal to girls with a natural love of flowers ... A girl may start at about $5 a week in a florist's shop ..."

3. Plays of the Harvard Dramatic Club by Harvard university Dramatic club (1918)
"L THE florist SHOP SCENE : A florist Shop. At the back, a broad s how window, dressed with flowers, — azaleas, roses, daffodils, violets. ..."

4. The Southern Planter (1852)
"... and the florist; together with a complete summary of the most important Foreign and Domestic News. Published every Thursday. TERMS PER ANNUM. ..."

5. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures, &c. by Breton (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin (1813)
"ITINERANT GARDENER, OR florist. THE Chinese are generally of a sedentary disposition, and scarcely ever go out, as in Europe, merely for exercise, ..."

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