efflouren
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently from Middle French effleurer (“remove the flowers of”), assimilated to or blended with Middle English flouren (“bloom”).
Verb
[edit]efflouren (third-person singular present indicative effloureth)
- (intransitive, of a plant) to shed its blossoms
References
[edit]- Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001) s.v. “efflǒuren (v.)”