floristic

adjective

flo·​ris·​tic flȯ-ˈri-stik 

: of or relating to flowers, a flora, or the biogeographic study of plants and plant groups

floristically

flȯ-ˈri-sti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of floristic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Atop the cold sheet of ice are thin, long white streaks, as well as small floristic drawings resembling nearby plants. — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025

The California floristic province has about 2,600 endemic species found nowhere else on earth. — Lucy Warren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023

This shows that the knowledge of the faunal and floristic diversity and to a large extent the microbial diversity is still at the exploratory stages. — Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Quartz Africa, 21 Aug. 2019

Word History

Etymology

flora + -istic

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above