Obs. [badly f. L. flōr-, flōs flower, after foliage. Cf. Fr. fleurage.]

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  1.  Bloom, blossom.

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1782.  J. Scott, Odes, xx. 25.

          And where the trees unfold their bloom,
And where the banks their floriage bear,
And all effuse a rich perfume
That hovers in the soft calm air.

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  2.  ‘The leaves of flowers’ (Webster, Suppl., 1880).

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