floriferousadj.
/flɒˈrɪf(ə)rəs/, /fləˈrɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /flɔˈrɪf(ə)rəs/ Producing flowers.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adjective]
bearinglOE
fruitfula1300
plenteousc1325
fructuousa1382
birthful?c1475
fertile1481
broodya1522
yielding1556
foisonous1570
procreant1588
generative1597
yieldy1598
childing1600
seedful1605
thankful1610
foisonable1613
prolifical1615
fecundous1630
feracious1637
prolific1653
fetiferous1654
floriferous1656
productive1672
fœtant1678
spawning1682
uberousa1706
populous?1789
productible1830
grateful1832
resultful1833
genetic1838
tumid1840
polyphorous1858
generant1875
proliferent1920
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom
blossomedc1374
blossomyc1374
flowereda1375
floweryc1374
flourishingc1400
blossoming1430
bloomed1508
blooming1587
florulent1592
bloomy?1606
floweringa1616
florid1656
floriferous1656
flosculous1656
florent1719
posied1731
emblossomed1766
phaenogamous1805
phaenogamic1808
phanerogamous1816
florescent1821
phaenogamian1828
phanerogamic1830
ablow1838
flowerful1848
floreal1852
floreted1856
blossom-laden1867
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Floriferous, that beareth flowers.
1678 T. Jordan Triumphs of London 11 A Verdant Hill, which the Floriferous hand of Nature had Crown'd with..Flowers.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 345 The dwarf sort..is not so floriferous as the large.
1881 Pract. Gardener 35 China Roses..none are more floriferous than these.
Derivatives
floˈriferousness n.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > flowering or blossoming
flourishing1303
blowingc1380
blossomingc1440
blooming1495
flourish1594
blowth1602
efflorescence1626
flowering1629
blow1744
florification1796
inflorescence1801
flowerage1841
florescence1853
floriferousness1882
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Floriferousness.
1882 Garden 25 Feb. 134/3 Its extreme floriferousness compared with that of any of the others.
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