florate

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or decorated with flowers; floral.

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Meanings

adjectiveflorate (comparative more florate, superlative most florate)

comparative more florate · superlative most florate

  1. rareOf, pertaining to, or decorated with flowers; floral.

    We turn to Parker's Ephemeris for the Year of Our Lord 1738. On the title page is a quaint woodcut of Mr. Parker partly encircled by a florate border. More interesting is a stamp tax impressed at the lower right hand corner of the title page.

    1978, Journal of the Philosophical Research Society, volumes 38–39, page 22

Origin

From Latin flōs, flōris (“flower, blossom”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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