Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a flower: a fabric with a floral pattern.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- [capitalized] Pertaining to the goddess Flora: as, the Floral games of Rome (see below).
- Containing or belonging to the flower; pertaining to flowers in general; made of flowers: as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral ornaments.
- An annual literary festival held at Toulouse in France on the 3d of May, under the auspices of a society founded by the troubadours about 1324, originally called the College of the Gay Science, and after about 1500 (when it was permanently endowed by Clémence Isaure) the College (now the Academy) of the Floral Games. At first a golden violet was awarded in competition to the author of the best poem; now a number of gold and silver flowers are distributed among the competitors in both prose and verse.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or connected with flowers
- adj. Portraying flowers, especially in a stylized way
- n. A floral design
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers.
- adj. (Bot.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower
WordNet 3.0
- adj. resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers
- adj. relating to or associated with flowers
- adj. of or relating to the plant life in a particular region
Examples
“I also get why I thought of it as gourmand-y; that which they call floral is total confection, isn't it?”
“Edward's breath on Bella's face is a heady, intoxicating experience, and Edward is knocked nearly senseless by Bella's smell, which he describes as floral, "like lavender ... or freesia.”
“The Warp Floral Container line is a unique concept in floral arranging, designed and patented by Kimberly Manne.”
“I loved the picture of the mother and daughter in floral prints!”
“I used to incorporate the dried pods in floral arrangements.”
“Catriona MacPherson was in floral printed jersey and looked super and she was with agent Lisa”
“I imgine you cycling around a village somewhere in floral prints ...”
“I imagine you cycling around a village somewhere in floral prints ... (newmania)”
“Three skinny boys in floral print shorts want to know.”
“Easter comes to me now in floral scarves and wicker purses, in everyday clothes as well as the once-a-year Easter bonnets.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘floral’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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CULI - wine-tasting adjectives
In this area of expertise nouns are frequently used as adjectives (almond, bacon, cider, diesel, fennel, fresh-cut hay, wool) or new adjectives are formed (appley, berrylike, citrusy, full-bodied, ...
acetic, acidic, aged, angular, appley, astringent, attractive, austere, berrylike, big, bitter, brawny and 511 more...
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Describing the Taste of Foods
yummy, zesty, piquant, pungent, sharp, spicy, poignant, delicious, ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, heavenly and 194 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Words to Describe The Taste of Food
This list seeks to address a pet annoyance of mine. It occurs when chefs, food critics and travel writers, usually on television, taste something that looks either delicious or unusual and then in...
unctuous, sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami, piquant, savory, tangy, luscious, delectable, brackish and 66 more...
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Pterodactyl's Game of Postal Abbrevia...
Here's a fun little word game that might appeal to my fellow Wordies. The object of this game is to create the longest possible word, using only the official two-letter abbreviations of U.S. states...
deny, lame, mope, demand, camp, cask, hind, decamp, canvas, scalar, mental, pronks and 75 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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-al
belonging to; like; nouns from; act or process of
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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odorific
smelling words
odoriferous, malodorous, heavenly, redolent, putrid, delectable, stagnant, fragrant, smelly, noisome, noxious, fetid and 47 more...
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~~Wine, Women, Song~~
bacchanalia, gallant, nectar, bubbly, intoxication, vintage, crush, full-bodied, courtesan, aroma, luscious, ambrosia and 26 more...
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