floriferous

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/fləˈɹɪ.fə.ɹəs/

adjective

That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).

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Meanings

adjectivefloriferous (comparative more floriferous, superlative most floriferous)

comparative more floriferous · superlative most floriferous

  1. biologyThat bears flowers (especially lots of flowers).

    So floriferous are Asian pears, and the tree so laden with young fruit, that as the tree approaches maturity it is worth considering thinning the fruit (I can't quite bring myself to thin the flowers) so as to neither overburden the tree for this year nor tire it for the next.

    2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, page 3

Origin

From Latin flos, floris + -i- + -ferous.

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Translations

Italian fiorifero
  • fioriferobearing flowers
Spanish florífero
  • floríferobearing flowers

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with floriferous

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APA

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

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Chicago

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

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