floramour

English

Etymology

From Latin flos, floris (“flower”) + amor (“love”).

Noun

floramour (plural floramours)

1. (obsolete) The plant love-lies-bleeding.
   • 1665, John Rea, De Florum Cultura:

     The great Floramour hath a thick and call creſted ſtalk, with many reddiſh, large green leaves, the ſtalk divided into many branches, bearing long spikes of round hairy tufts

References

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