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<hw>Flor"id*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being florid.</def>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Floriferous</h1> <Xpage=572>

<hw>Flo*rif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>florifer</ets>; <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear; cf. F. <ets>florif\'8are</ets>.]</ety> <def>Producing flowers.</def>

<i>Blount.</i>

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<h1>Florification</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo`ri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.</def>

<h1>Floriform</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo"ri*form</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>-form</ets>: cf. F. <ets>floriforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form of a flower; flower-shaped.</def>

<h1>Floriken</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo"ri*ken</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An Indian bustard (<spn>Otis aurita</spn>). The Bengal floriken is <spn>Sypheotides Bengalensis</spn>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>florikan</asp>, <asp>floriken</asp>, <asp>florican</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Florilege</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo"ri*lege</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>florilegus</ets> flower-culling; <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower + <ets>legere</ets> to gather: cf. F. <ets>floril\'8age</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of gathering flowers.</def>

<h1>Florimer</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo"ri*mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Floramour</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Florin</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flor"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>florin</ets>, It. <ets>florino</ets>, orig., a Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. <ets>flore</ets> a flower, fr. L. <ets>flos</ets>. See <er>Flower</er>, and cf. <er>Floren</er>.]</ety> <def>A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.</def>

<h1>Florist</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo"rist</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fleuriste</ets>, <ets>floriste</ets>, fr. F. <ets>fleur</ets> flower. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.</def>

<h1>Floroon</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flo*roon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fleuron</ets>. See <er>Flower</er>.]</ety> <def>A border worked with flowers.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Florulent</h1> <Xpage=573>

<hw>Flor"u*lent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>florulentus</ets>, fr. <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower.]</ety> <def>Flowery; blossoming.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Blount.</i>

<h1>Floscular</h1> <Xpage=573>