-florous

adjective combining form

-flo·​rous

¦flōrəs,

-ȯr-

: having or bearing (such or so many) flowers : -flowered : -anthous

—in words whose first constituent ends in i

noctiflorous

uniflorous

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin -florus, from Latin flor-, flos flower (to bloom)

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