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flowerlike

American  
[flau-er-lahyk] / ˈflaʊ ərˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling or in the shape of a flower; delicate; graceful.


Etymology

Origin of flowerlike

flower + -like


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Meanwhile, Lord Grigon’s dastardly hobby is skeet-shooting fragile, flowerlike critters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

In addition felt could be cut and sandwiched together for flowerlike decorations and crenelated edges.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2017

Among the standouts is a Susan Goldman monotype in which a flowerlike circular form is overlaid with nine squares of bright hues.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2016

Eventually Dior cultivated his groundbreaking Corolle collection, a line of extravagant, ultrafeminine, and flowerlike dresses that Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Carmel Snow famously labeled the New Look.

From Architectural Digest ● Oct. 31, 2014

Never since day broke flowerlike forth of night Broke such a dawn of battle.

From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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