Definition of Floriferousness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floriferousness

florida bean
florida selaginella
florider
florides
floridest
floridities
floridity
floridly
floridness
floridnesses
florier
floriest
floriferous
floriferousness (current term)
florification
florifications
floriform
florigen
florigenic
florigens
floriken
florikens
florikin
florikins
florilegia
florilegium
florimania

Literary usage of Floriferousness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"Auriculas may be produced from fine florists' kinds possessing all the beauty of the Alpine section, with all the robustness and all the floriferousness of ..."

2. The American Rose Annual by American Rose Society (1917)
"... hardiness, resistance to disease, healthy foliage, strong growth, and floriferousness. Finding the latter quality more prevalent among the Hybrid Teas, ..."

3. Gardening (1905)
"It is a glorified souvenir d' Elise Vardon, with exceptionally vigorous growth and floriferousness. Its color is a delicate aqueous silvery white, ..."

4. Tall Bearded Iris (fleur-de-lis) a Flower of Songs: Names, Classification by Walter Stager (1922)
"Loreley is an example of free blooming, and Perfection, Ring Dove and EH Reynolds (see paragraph above) are examples of exceeding floriferousness. ..."

5. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"Few of the imported lilies are more exquisitely formed than our native meadow lily, which increases in size and floriferousness by cultivation without ..."

6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"Those fed liberally on potash were short, those given nitrogen were tall and lusty ; and the variations in floriferousness and maturity were remarkable. ..."

7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Closely like the last principle is the experience that checking growth, so long as the plant remains healthy, induces fruitfulness or floriferousness. ..."

8. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"The plants as purchased from nurseries usually do not come into full floriferousness until their third or fourth year. They will continue to thrive for ..."

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