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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Frequenting flowers, especially to feed on nectar or pollen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, flower-loving, as a bee.
- Of or pertaining to the Anthophila.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Lit., fond of flowers; hence, feeding upon, or living among, flowers.
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- adjective Living or growing on
flowers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeding on flowers
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