floral

/ˈflɔrəl/

/ˈflɔrəl/

Other forms: florally

Something floral has something to do with flowers. A floral perfume smells like roses or lilacs or violets.

You can call a flower show a floral event, and a big bouquet of flowers is a floral arrangement. Something that's printed with pictures of flowers is floral too, like your grandmother's floral curtains or a little girl's floral pajamas. The word floral meant "pertaining to Flora" in the mid-17th century — the Latin Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers, from flos, or "flower."

Definitions of floral

1. adjective

   relating to or associated with flowers
   “floral organs”
2. adjective

   resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers
   “an unusual floral design”

   synonyms: flowered

   patterned

   having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
3. adjective

   of or relating to the plant life in a particular region
   “characteristic alpine floral elements”