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floriferous

flo·rif·er·ous
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [flaw-rif-er-uh s, floh-]
    • /flɔˈrɪf ər əs, floʊ-/
    • /flɒrˈɪfərəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flaw-rif-er-uh s, floh-]
    • /flɔˈrɪf ər əs, floʊ-/

Definitions of floriferous word

  • adjective floriferous producing blossoms; flower -bearing. 1
  • noun floriferous (of a plant) producing many flowers. 1
  • adjective floriferous bearing or capable of bearing many flowers 0
  • adjective floriferous bearing flowers; blooming abundantly 0
  • adjective floriferous (botany) That bears flowers (especially lots of flowers). 0

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Origin of floriferous

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
1650-60; < Latin flōrifer (see flori-, -fer) + -ous

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Parts of speech for Floriferous

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

floriferous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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