floral

[flawr-uhl, flohr-]

adjective

1. pertaining to or consisting of flowers.

   floral decoration.

2. of or relating to floras or a flora.

noun

1. something, as a fabric, garment, wallpaper, or household item, having a floral pattern.

   Let's replace these drapes with florals.

floral

/ ˈflɔːrəl /

adjective

1. decorated with or consisting of flowers or patterns of flowers

2. of, relating to, or associated with flowers

   floral leaves

Other Word Forms

• florally adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of floral¹

1640–50; < Latin Flōrālis pertaining to Flōra. See flora, -al ¹

Example Sentences

The second focuses on Dior’s perfumes and the third on the floral presence in his fashions.

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They also give the cookies a lovely floral scent—a holiday in your mouth.

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It was a riot of floral patterns, soft carpets, and comfortable furniture strewn with pillows, nothing like the formal, antique-filled rooms upstairs.

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It was at the end of the narrow, low-ceilinged hallway and had a rag-rug welcome mat woven from the same fabrics as Mrs. Clarke’s trademark floral print dresses.

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The moonlight played on the leaf-and-ivy pattern of the carpet and the floral print of the wallpaper.

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Related Words

• decorative