efflouren

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Middle English

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Etymology

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Apparently from Middle French effleurer (remove the flowers of), assimilated to or blended with Middle English flouren (bloom).

Verb

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efflouren (third-person singular present indicative effloureth)

  1. (intransitive, of a plant) to shed its blossoms

References

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