floroon

F4L1O1R1O1O1N1
/fləˈɹuːn/

noun

A border worked with flowers.

OriginFrench fleuron →
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Meanings

nounfloroon (plural floroons)

plural floroons

  1. A border worked with flowers.

    The mountains of glass that harboured within their elevated cavities such floroons, encompassing innumerable dazzling circlets of all sizes and shades[…]

    1898, Amanda McKittrick Ros, Delina Delaney

Origin

  1. Frenchfleuron
  2. Englishfloroon

From French fleuron. See flower.

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APA

floroon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floroon

MLA

“floroon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floroon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floroon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floroon.

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