floral
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3.5
- adjective
- /ˈflɔrəl/
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floral
- She wore a beautiful floral dress to the garden party.
- floral patterns
- a floral design
- wear a floral dress
Like I can't pull off floral trousers, I'm not that cool.
- Like I can't pull off floral trousers, I'm not that cool.
- I don't get why so many luxury brands put this floral scent in their products.
- This is for the drama because this is a floral playsuit that doesn't fit.
- For me that means it's quite floral, but it is actually really nice.
- It's a little bit more floral, I would say, a little bit more fragrant.
- This one was like, oh, like a sweet, sweet floral scent.
- Strawberry, coconut, champagne, fig, white floral cord, and rose tobacco.
Examples
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There was a floral tribute at the funeral sent by the children of the Fern School.
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To get into the mood, they had purchased bright floral-print sarongs in the hotel's gift shop.
Fiction book (1991) -
When I heard that they were looking for a woman in a green floral dress...
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I love the floral arrangements.
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"As it happens," she began, "Candace and I were just discussing the floral arrangements for the spring ball."
Fiction book (1995) -
My floral dress, my snakeskin sandals, and my beaded bag.
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It is a very potent, floral, almost musky scent.
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Her elaborate floral staff displays two small scarlet birds perched on artificial flowers.
Academic text (2011) -
The wedding decorations included floral arrangements with white roses and daisies.
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In spring, the park is filled with floral displays of colorful blooms.
Synonyms
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3.5
Smelling or looking like flowers
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2.0
Having a pattern of flowers, for example on a dress or card
Decorated with flower shapes and patterns
An item covered in flower patterns
Covered in many flowers that smell sweet
Having the shape, colour or smell of a flower
A place covered with many flowers like a field in spring
Compounds
- Specialized
A cuplike part at the base of a flower that holds small parts like petals and stamens
- Specialized
Outer parts of a flower, like small leaf parts and colorful petals, that surround its male and female parts
How Floral
Surface Forms
Morphology
floral = flower (semi-transparent) = flor + al
The meaning is clear from the flower-related root and the adjective-forming suffix -al, but the spelling uses the classical form flor- rather than the everyday word 'flower'.
Etymology
Floral comes from the Latin root flor- meaning 'flower', the same root as flower and flora. So floral means 'like or decorated with flowers'.