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flow⋅er⋅y

  [flou-uh-ree]
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–adjective, -er⋅i⋅er, -er⋅i⋅est.
1. covered with or having many flowers.
2. decorated with floral designs.
3. rhetorically ornate or precious: flowery language.
4. resembling a flower in fragrance: a Rhine wine with a flowery aroma.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see flower, -y 1

Related forms:
flow⋅er⋅i⋅ly, adverb
flow⋅er⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. florid, showy, elaborate. See bombastic.
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flow·er·y   (flou'ə-rē)   
adj.   flow·er·i·er, flow·er·i·est

  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of flowers: a flowery perfume.

  2. Abounding in or covered with flowers.

  3. Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished: a flowery speech.

flow'er·i·ness n.
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