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floriferous

adjective

Definition of floriferous

as in abloom

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Recent Examples of floriferous These floriferous plants endure summer’s heat and drought conditions. — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 14 Apr. 2026 Hang a trio of baskets with petunias in various colors at different heights to create a floriferous chandelier above a porch table. — Johanna Silver, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026 The cross produced Rosa ‘KORbin’, a very healthy floriferous floribunda that bloomed in large clusters of medium-size lightly double, white flowers. — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025 Shimmering olive trees underplanted with fragrant floriferous white Atlas rose bushes encircle an expansive pool. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for floriferous

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As the day began, the abbey buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats.

— Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
As the day began, the abbey buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats as the congregation of international dignitaries, nobles and other notables arrived.

— Danica Kirka, Fortune, 6 May 2023

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Resplendent in a dark top and flowered scarves, Jackie has his hair ratted out, creating a kind of nimbus around his poignant, ready-to-laugh face, which is powdered white, with shiny, metallic-looking paillettes around the eyes.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
At the Bruce McKittrick Rare Books Booth, all the purveyors wear flowered headbands.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026

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