a. [f. L. flōscul-us little flower (see FLOSCULE) + -AR.]
1. Composed of floscules or flowerets.
1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., Flosculosus flos, a floscular flower.
1845. Lindley, Sch. Bot., vi. (1858), 82 b. Bidens…. Flowers mostly floscular.
2. ? Flossy, fluffy.
1822. New Monthly Mag., IV. 6. An ample violet-coloured chlaina of floscular cotton, garnished with the party-coloured furs of the wild animals of Scythia.
