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Definition: FLORILEGE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The act of gathering flowers.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Florilege" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Florilege \Flo"ri*lege\, noun. [Latin expression florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower legere to gather: compare to the French expression floril[`e]ge.]. (references)

Definition: FLORILEGE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The act of gathering flowers.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FLORILEGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Florilege \Flo"ri*lege\, noun. [Latin expression florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower legere to gather: compare to the French expression floril[`e]ge.]. (references)