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floristic

American  
[flaw-ris-tik, floh-] / flɔˈrɪs tɪk, floʊ- /

adjective

  1. pertaining to flowers or a flora.

floristic British  
/ flɒˈrɪstɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to flowers or a flora

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Other Word Forms

  • floristically adverb

Etymology

Origin of floristic

First recorded in 1895–1900; flor- + -istic

Example Sentences

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Their work spans ten countries and includes 406 long-term floristic plots that have been measured repeatedly since the 1970s and 1980s.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

Croat especially laments the waning opportunities to practise floristic taxonomy — describing all the plants in a location.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012

India is among those that ban the export of plant specimens altogether; other countries demand that botanists specify what groups they will collect, hindering broad floristic work.

From Nature • Apr. 25, 2012

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