Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old name for various cultivated species of Amarantus, as A. caudatus and A. hypochondriacus; the flower-gentle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The plant love-lies-bleeding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete The plant
love-lies-bleeding .
Etymologies
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Latin flos, floris, flower + amor love.
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Examples
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A breeze, strong enough to gently ripple the lake, hovered around the undulating retreats, scattering a largesse of perfume, and so ministering to the voluptuous floramour of the locality.
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