efflouren

Middle English

Etymology

Apparently from Middle French effleurer (“remove the flowers of”), assimilated to or blended with Middle English flouren (“bloom”).

Verb

efflouren (third-person singular present indicative effloureth)

  1. (intransitive, of a plant) to shed its blossoms

References

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