floscule

English

Etymology

From Latin flōsculus, diminutive of flōs (“flower, blossom”). Compare French floscule.

Noun

floscule (plural floscules)

(botany, obsolete) A floret.

Derived terms

References

“floscule”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Noun

flōscule

vocative singular of flōsculus

Adverb

flōsculē (derived from flōsculus)

bloomingly, in a blooming manner

References

“floscule”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
floscule in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
floscule in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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