floraro

Esperanto

Etymology

From floro (“bloom, flower”, noun) +‎ -aro (“coherent collection”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /floˈraro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ra‧ro

Noun

floraro (accusative singular floraron, plural floraroj, accusative plural florarojn)

  2. (botany) synonym of infloresko (“inflorescence”) (flower cluster)
    • 1916, “Alta Kanto 1:14 [Song of Solomon 1:14 (WEBU)]”, in Zamenhofo, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Malnova Testamento [The Old Testament]‎[1], Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, published 1927, archived from the original on 1 July 2022, page 572:
      Kiel floraro de kofero estas por mi mia amato,
      En la vinberĝardenoj de En-Gedi.
      My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
      from the vineyards of En Gedi.
      Lover
    • 1996, Volframo Distel', “Floraroj (Infloreskoj) [Inflorescences]”, in Botanikaj terminoj [Botanical terms]‎[2]:
      Laŭ la formo oni distingas inter cumaj kaj necumaj floraroj.
      According to the shape, a distinction is made between cumulate and non-cumulate inflorescences.

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