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floricane

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flo⋅ri⋅cane

[flawr-i-keyn, flohr-]
–noun Botany.
a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
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flo·ri·cane   (flôr'ĭ-kān', flōr'-)   
n.  The flowering and fruiting stem of a biennial plant, especially of a bramble.

[Latin flōs, flōr-, flower; see flower + cane.]
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