† floriagen.
Obsolete.
1. Bloom, blossom.
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1782 J. Scott Odes xx. 26 And where the trees unfold their bloom, And where the banks their floriage bear.
2. ‘The leaves of flowers’ (Webster Suppl. 1880).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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