Anomaloflorous :: Anomaloflorous (a.) Having anomalous flowers.

Biflorate :: Biflorate (a.) Alt. of Biflorou.

Biflorous :: Biflorous (a.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

Callyciflorous :: Callyciflorous (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Calycifloral :: Calycifloral (a.) Alt. of callyciflorou.

Corollifloral :: Corollifloral (a.) Alt. of Corolliflorou.

Corolliflorous :: Corolliflorous (a.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral..

Counterflory :: Counterflory (a.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

Deflorate :: Deflorate (a.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen.

Defloration :: Defloration (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin..

Defloration :: Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.

Discifloral :: Discifloral (a.) Alt. of Disciflorou.

Disciflorous :: Disciflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To blossom forth.

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce..

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere..

Effloresced :: Effloresced (imp. & p. p.) of Effloresc.

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.

Efflorescency :: Efflorescency (n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt..

Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.

Efflorescing :: Efflorescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effloresc.

Flora :: Flora (n.) The goddess of flowers and spring.

Flora :: Flora (n.) The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants..

Floral :: Floral (a.) Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths..

Floral :: Floral (a.) Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters..

Florally :: Florally (adv.) In a floral manner.

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