floramour

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noun

The plant love-lies-bleeding.

OriginLatin flos →
Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounfloramour (plural floramours)

plural floramours

  1. obsoleteThe plant love-lies-bleeding.

    The great Floramour hath a thick and call creſted ſtalk, with many reddiſh, large green leaves, the ſtalk divided into many branches, bearing long spikes of round hairy tufts

    1665, John Rea, De Florum Cultura

Origin

  1. Latinflos
  2. Englishfloramour

From Latin flos, floris (“flower”) + amor (“love”).

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APA

floramour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floramour

MLA

“floramour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floramour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floramour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floramour.

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