| florid | 1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. "Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree." (Jer. Taylor) 2. Bright in colour; flushed with red; of a lively reddish colour; as, a florid countenance. 3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence. 4. Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations. Origin: L. Floridus, fr. Flos, floris, flower. See Flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| florid oral papillomatosis | Diffuse involvement of the lips and oral mucosa with benign squamous papillomas; microscopically, it resembles verrucous carcinoma, but is not invasive or localised to a specific area of the oral mucosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| florid osseous dysplasia | Benign fibro-osseous jaw lesions of unknown aetiology, occurring predominantly in middle-aged black females, which present as large painless radiopaque masses usually involving several quadrants of the jaw. Synonym: florid osseous dysplasia, cemental dysplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| florida bean | <botany> The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See Bean. One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| florideae | <botany> A subclass of algae including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeae of many authors; so called from the rosy or florid colour of most of the species. Origin: NL, from L. Flos, floris, a flower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |