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<hw>Flo"ri*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>flori<?/</ets>, flower.]</ety> <def>Bloom; blossom.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Scott.</i>

<h1>Floriated</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ri*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Having floral ornaments; <as>as, <ex>floriated</ex> capitals of Gothic pillars</as>.</def>

<h1>Floricmous</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo*ric"mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>coma</ets> hair.]</ety> <def>Having the head adorned with flowers.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Floricultural</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo`ri*cul"tur*al</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.</def>

<h1>Floriculture</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo"ri*cul`ture</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 135, 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>cultura</ets> culture.]</ety> <def>The cultivation of flowering plants.</def>

<h1>Floriculturist</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo`ri*cul"tur*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.</def>

<h1>Florid</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flor"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>floridus</ets>, fr. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Fruit from a pleasant and <b>florid</b> tree. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; <as>as, a <ex>florid</ex> countenance</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; <as>as, a <ex>florid</ex> style; <ex>florid</ex> eloquence.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.</def>

<h1>Florida bean</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flor"i*da bean"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The large, roundish, flattened seed of <spn>Mucuna urens</spn>. See under <er>Bean</er>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the very large seeds of the <spn>Entada scandens</spn>.</def>

<h1>Floride\'91</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo*rid"e*\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., from L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, a flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A subclass of alg\'91 including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the <spn>Rhodosperme\'91</spn> of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.</def>

<h1>Floridity</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo*rid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being florid; floridness.</def>

<i>Floyer.</i>

<h1>Floridly</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flor"id*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a florid manner.</def>

<h1>Floridness</h1> <Xpage=572>