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florulent, a.|ˈflɔə-, ˈflɒr(j)ʊlənt| [ad. L. flōrulent-us, f. flōr-, flōs flower.] a. Abounding in flowers, flowery. b. In decorative art: Consisting of depicted flowers. a.1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 91 Turning upon the florulent ground. 1670–81in Blount Glossogr. 1869A. Steele in W. S. Crockett Minstrelsy Merse (1893) 160 Nor name those balmy, spicy dells Though florulent they be. b.1859H. S. Cuming in Jrnl. Archæol. Assoc. XV. 227 Florulent scrolls in relief upon a mat ground. Hence ˈflorulentness.
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