4. (Mus.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations. [ 1913 Webster ]

Florida bean

(Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean. (b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Florideae

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., from L. flos, floris, a flower. ] (Bot.) A subclass of algæ including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeæ of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Floridian

prop. n. a resident of Florida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Floridity

n. The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Floridly

adv. In a florid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Floridness

n. The quality of being florid. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

cross-florida waterway

(n) a waterway used by small boats to travel between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico through Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee_Canal and the Caloosahatchee River, Syn. Okeechobee Waterway

florida

(n) a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War, Syn. Sunshine State, FL, Everglade State

florida gallinule

(n) North American dark bluish-grey gallinule, Syn. Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

florida pompano

(n) found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies, Syn. Trachinotus carolinus

florida selaginella

(n) occurs widely in Florida, Syn. Selaginella eatonii

florida smoothhound

(n) found from the northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil, Syn. Mustelus norrisi

florida strap fern

(n) common epiphytic or sometimes terrestrial fern having pale yellow-green strap-shaped leaves; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Uruguay, Syn. hart's-tongue fern, cow-tongue fern

florida yew

(n) small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves, Syn. Taxus floridana

floridian

(n) a native or resident of Florida

floridly

(adv) in a florid manner, Example:floridly figurative prose

aureate

(adj) elaborately or excessively ornamented, Syn. florid, flamboyant, Example:flamboyant handwriting; the senator's florid speech

carolina allspice

(n) hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers, Syn. strawberry bush, Calycanthus floridus, sweet shrub, strawberry shrub

common white dogwood

(n) deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries, Syn. Cornus florida, eastern flowering dogwood

coontie

(n) small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot, Syn. Zamia pumila, Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread

corkwood

(n) very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood, Syn. Leitneria floridana, corkwood tree

cowage

(n) the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing, Syn. Benghal bean, Bengal bean, Stizolobium deeringiana, Florida bean, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis

eastern cottontail

(n) widely distributed in United States except northwest and far west regions, Syn. Sylvilagus floridanus

eastern woodrat

(n) large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States, Syn. Neotoma floridana

flagfish

(n) a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida, Syn. American flagfish, Jordanella floridae

flamboyance

(n) extravagant elaborateness, Syn. floridness, showiness, floridity, Example:he wrote with great flamboyance

golden fig

(n) a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas, Syn. Florida strangler fig, Ficus aurea, strangler fig, wild fig

key

(n) a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida, Syn. cay, Florida key

palo verde

(n) densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium, Syn. Cercidium floridum, Parkinsonia florida

purple anise

(n) small shrubby tree with purple flowers; found in wet soils of southeastern United States, Syn. Illicium floridanum

round-tailed muskrat

(n) of Florida wetlands, Syn. Neofiber alleni, Florida water rat

rubicund

(adj) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life, Syn. florid, sanguine, ruddy, Example:a ruddy complexion; Santa's rubicund cheeks; a fresh and sanguine complexion

tallahassee

(n) capital of the state of Florida; located in northern Florida, Syn. capital of Florida

weigela

(n) deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers, Syn. Weigela florida

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

迈阿密

[迈阿密 / 邁阿密, Mài ā mì] Miami (Florida) #20153

佛罗里达州

[佛罗里达州 / 佛羅裡達州, Fó luó lǐ dá zhōu] Florida #26258

佛罗里达

[佛罗里达 / 佛羅里達, fú luó lǐ dá] Florida #37372

花腔

[花腔, huā qiāng] florid ornamentation in opera; coloratura #86340

文饰

[文饰 / 文飾, wén shì] to polish a text; rhetoric; ornate language; to use florid language to conceal errors; to gloss over #91959

弗罗里达

[弗罗里达 / 弗羅裡達, Fú luó lǐ dá] Florida, US state #239567

肯尼迪角

[肯尼迪角, Kěn ní dí jiǎo] Cape Kennedy (Florida), US space launch site #725827

格尔夫波特

[格尔夫波特 / 格爾夫波特, gé ěr fū bō tè] Gulf Port (Florida or Mississippi) #795852

弗罗里达州

[弗罗里达州 / 弗羅裡達州, Fú luó lǐ dá zhōu] Florida, US state #1007427

卡纳维尔角

[卡纳维尔角 / 卡納維爾角, Kǎ nà wéi ěr jiǎo] Cape Canaveral, Florida

玩弄词藻

[玩弄词藻 / 玩弄詞藻, wán nòng cí zǎo] to juggle with words (dishonestly); to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric

花貌蓬心

[花貌蓬心, huā mào péng xīn] florid outside appearance, unkempt interior (成语 saw)

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フロリダ

[furorida] (n, adj-no) Florida; (P) #4968

華やか(P);花やか

[はなやか, hanayaka] (adj-na, n) showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay; (P) #19920

アメリカ山法師;亜米利加山法師

[アメリカやまぼうし;アメリカヤマボウシ, amerika yamaboushi ; amerikayamaboushi] (n) (uk) (See ハナミズキ) flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

カリビアンリーフシャーク;カリビアン・リーフ・シャーク

[karibianri-fusha-ku ; karibian . ri-fu . sha-ku] (n) Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

ガルフサージョンフィッシュ;ガルフサージャンフィッシュ

[garufusa-jonfisshu ; garufusa-janfisshu] (n) Gulf surgeonfish (Acanthurus randalli, species of tang found in Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico)

フロリダバス;フロリダ・バス

[furoridabasu ; furorida . basu] (n) Florida black bass (Micropterus salmoides)

フロリダパンサー;フロリダ・パンサー

[furoridapansa-; furorida . pansa-] (n) Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi)

ペレス目白鮫

[ペレスめじろざめ;ペレスメジロザメ, peresu mejirozame ; peresumejirozame] (n) (uk) (See カリビアンリーフシャーク) Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

花水木

[はなみずき;ハナミズキ, hanamizuki ; hanamizuki] (n) (uk) flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)

詩藻;詞藻

[しそう, shisou] (n) florid expression; poetical talent

赤らんだ

[あからんだ, akaranda] (n) florid; ruddy

鮮紅色

[せんこうしょく, senkoushoku] (adj-na) florid

鉄線

[てっせん, tessen] (n) (1) iron (steel) wire; (2) Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower

斐然

[ひぜん, hizen] (adj-t, adv-to) beautiful; florid