flora /flōˈrə or flöˈ/

1. The assemblage of all forms of vegetable life of a region or age, esp as distinct from animal life (fauna)
2. A list or descriptive enumeration of these

floˈral adjective

Relating to the goddess Flora, to floras, or to flowers

floˈrally adverb

Floréal /flō-rā-äl/ noun (French)

The 8th month of the French revolutionary calendar, the month of flowers, about 20 April–20 May

florescence /flor-esˈəns/ noun

1. A bursting into flower
2. A time of flowering (botany)

florescˈent adjective

Bursting into flower

floret /florˈit/ noun

1. A small flower
2. One of the single flowers in the head of a composite flower
3. One of the branches in the head of a cauliflower or broccoli

floˈriated or floˈreated adjective (architecture)

Decorated with a floral ornament

floribunda /flor-, flōr- or flör-i-bunˈdə/ noun

A plant, esp a rose, whose flowers grow in clusters

floriculˈtural /flōr- or flör-/ adjective

florˈiculture noun

The growing of flowers or plants

floriculˈturist noun

florifˈerous adjective

Bearing or producing flowers

floˈriform adjective

Flower-shaped

florˈigen /-i-jən/ noun

(Gr gennaein to produce) a postulated flower-forming hormone

florilegium /-lēˈji-əm/ noun (pl florilēˈgia)

(L legere to gather) an anthology or collection of choice extracts

florˈist noun

1. A seller, or grower, of flowers
2. /flōˈ or flöˈrist/ a person who studies flowers or floras

floristˈic adjective

floristˈically adverb

floristˈics singular noun

The study of floras

florˈistry noun

The art of cultivating, arranging or selling flowers

• not make head or tail of
• not much chop
• not much cop
• not much of a
• not much to choose between
• not much to look at
• not my idea of
• notochord
• notochordal
• notochords
• Notodonta
• notodontid
• Notodontidae
• notodontids
• Notogaea
• Notogaean
• Notogaeic
• not on
• Notonecta
• notonectal
• Notonectidae
• not on your life
• notorieties
• notoriety
• notorious