Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Bearing flowers, especially in abundance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Producing flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany That bears
flowers (especially lots of flowers)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tirelessly floriferous, its blooms complementing every other color in the garden.
The New White Knock Out Rose is here!!!! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009
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The petunias and begonias that shoppers see in big-box retailers every spring may look garden-variety to untrained eyes, but they are special breeds that survive a grueling gantlet of field tests and focus groups to weed out their less hardy or floriferous brethren.
The Garden Gloves Come Off Miguel Bustillo 2011
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The huge King Kong is 40″ tall and red, the lucious Watermelon is suppose to be one of the most floriferous bloomeers at 27″ tall.
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Tirelessly floriferous, its blooms complementing every other color in the garden.
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Everywhere are glad tidings and jubilation at the arrival of this month, the most floriferous of them all.
Greetings From Fairegarden-April Bloom Day 2010 « Fairegarden 2010
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These are beautiful and floriferous, woody-stemmed small shrubs.
Winter Plant Portrait-Wallflowers, Erysimum « Fairegarden 2010
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Zagreb, while not the lovely light buttery yellow of Moonbeam is a darker yellow but so much more floriferous for us.
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Although not required, plants may be cut back in early June at least six weeks before normal flowering to reduce plant height and to encourage branching, thus leading to a more floriferous bloom, healthier foliage and less need for support.
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The daisies by the mailbox are the most floriferous plants at the moment.
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The Clematis is Betty Corning, the most floriferous I have.
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