language of flowers

noun

Secret communication through the use of flowers; floriography.

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Meanings

noun
  1. Secret communication through the use of flowers; floriography.

    Perhaps she just looked first into the bouquet, to see whether there was a billet-doux hidden among the flowers; but there was no letter. "Do they talk the language of flowers at Boggley Wollah, Sedley?" asked Osborne, laughing.

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Green Silk Purse”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 31

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
floriography
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