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-florous

Having flowers of a certain type.

Latin flos, flor‑, a flower, plus ‑ous.

This ending appears in a few uncommon adjectives. Examples are cauliflorous (Latin caulis, stem), having flowers on the stem, as a cauliflower plant does; multiflorous, having many flowers (with its opposite uniflorous, having only one flower); and ramiflorous (Latin ramus, branch) flowering on the branches.

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