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flor(i)-

A flower or flowers.

Latin flos, flor‑, a flower.

Floristics is the branch of geography that studies the vegetation of an area; florescence is the process of flowering; a floret is one of the small flowers making up a composite flower head; floriculture, on the model of horticulture, is the cultivation of flowers; a floribunda (Latin floribundus, freely flowering) is a type of rose which bears dense clusters of flowers; floriferous means producing many flowers.

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