Florinean (florinean)

[ second century, so called from Florin us, a pupil of Polycarp. = flor i parous (flō-rip'a-rus), a. [= F. floripare Pg. floriparo, tal to produce frantic ravings, which were accepted as spired prophecies. = florist (flo'rist), n. [= F. fleuriste Sp. Pg. florist a = It. fiorista, a florist, The antients venially delighted in flourishing gardens; many were florists that knew not the true use of a flower; and in Plinie's daies none had directly treated of that subSir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii., Ep. Ded. ject. 2. One who writes a flora or an account of plants. florisugent (flō-ri-sū jent), a. [L. flos ( flor- ), flower, + sugen ( t- ) s, ppr. of sugere, suck: see suck.] Sucking flowers: an epithet applied to sundry birds and insects which suck honey from flowers.