floriferous
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of floriferous
First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin flōrifer ( see origin at flori-, -ferous)
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To keep your lilac healthy and floriferous, periodically remove the oldest growth and/or tallest stems all the way down to the ground.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Moving to Maui in 2006, where the floriferous landscape encourages his most flamboyant inclinations, LaChapelle has staged biblical scenes in jungle settings.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Jennings says it’s probably the most floriferous of the miniatures.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2021
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to keep your mums, even taller-growing varieties, compact and floriferous.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2016
Peake despised, or rather he ignored, the aesthetic crazes which had run through fashionable Hillport like an infectious fever, ruthlessly decimating its turned and twisted mahogany and its floriferous carpets and wall-papers.
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
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