FLORENTINE
FLOR'ENTINE, noun1. A native of Florence.2. A kind of silk cloth, so called.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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FLORESCENCE
FLORES'CENCE, noun [Latin florescens, floresco. See flower.]In botany, the season when plants expand their flowers.
FLORET
FLO'RET, noun A little flower; the partial or separate little flower of an aggregate flower.
FLORID
FLOR'ID, adjective [Latin floridus, from floreo, to flower.]1. Literally, flowery; covered or abounding with flowers; but in this sense little used.2. Bright in color; flushed w...
FLORIDITY
FLORID'ITY, noun Freshness or brightness of color; floridness.
FLORIDNESS
FLOR'IDNESS, noun1. Brightness or freshness of color or complexion.2. Vigor; spirit. [Unusual.]3. Embellishment; brilliant ornaments; ambitious elegance; applied to style.
FLORIFEROUS
FLORIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin florifer, from flos, a flower, and fero, to bear.] Producing flowers.
FLORIFICATION
FLORIFICA'TION, noun The act, process or time of flowering.
FLORIN
FLOR'IN, noun A coin, originally made at Florence. The name is given to different coins of gold or silver, and of different values in different countries. It is also used as a m...
FLORIST
FLO'RIST, noun1. A cultivator of flowers; one skilled in flowers.2. One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.
FLORULENT
FLOR'ULENT, adjective Flowery; blossoming. [Not in use.]
FLOSCULAR
FLOS'CULAR,FLOS'CULE, noun [Latin flosculus.] In botany, a partial or lesser floret of an aggregate flower.FLOS FERRI, noun [Latin flower of iron.] A mineral, a variety of arrag...
FLOSCULE
FLOS'CULE, n. [L. flosculus.] In botany, a partial or lesser floret of an aggregate flower.
FLOSCULOUS
FLOS'CULOUS, adjective [infra.] In botany, a flosculous flower is a compound flower, composed entirely of florets with funnel-shaped petals, as in burdock, thistle and artichoke...
FLOSS
FLOSS, noun [Latin flos.] A downy or silky substance in the husks of certain plants.
FLOSSIFICATION
FLOSSIFICA'TION, noun A flowering; expansion of flowers. [Novel.]
FLOTA
FLO'TA, noun [See Fleet.] A fleet; but appropriately a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Crus, in Mexico, to transport to Spain the prod...
FLOTAGE
FLO'TAGE, noun That which floats on the sea, or on rivers. [Little used.]
FLOTE
FLOTE, verb transitive To skim. [Not used or local.]
FLOTILLA
FLOTIL'LA, noun [dim. of flota.] A little fleet, or fleet of small vessels.
FLOTSAM
FLOT'SAM,FLOT'SON, noun [from float.] Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea. When such goods are cast on shore or found, the owner being unknown, they belong to the k...
FLOTTEN
FLOT'TEN, participle passive Skimmed. [Not in use.]
FLOUNCE
FLOUNCE, verb intransitive flouns. [See Flounder.]1. To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle as a...
FLOUNDER
FLOUN'DER, noun A flat fish of the genus Pleuronectes.FLOUN'DER, verb intransitive [This seems to be allied to flaunt and flounce.]To fling the limbs and body, as in making effo...
FLOUNDERING
FLOUN'DERING, participle present tense Making irregular motions; struggling with violence.
FLOUR
FLOUR, noun [originally flower; Latin flos, floris, from floreo, to flourish.]The edible part of corn; meal. In the United States, the modern practice is to make a distinction b...
FLOURED
FLOUR'ED, participle passive Converted into flour; sprinkled with flour.