floristic

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See also: florístic

English

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Etymology

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From flora +‎ -istic.[1]

Adjective

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floristic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
    The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.
  2. Of or pertaining to floristics.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:
      There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ floristic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German floristisch or French floristique.

Adjective

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floristic m or n (feminine singular floristică, masculine plural floristici, feminine and neuter plural floristice)

  1. floral (pertaining to the flora of a region), floristic

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