Word Meanings - ANTHEMION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A floral ornament. See Palmette.

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• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.
• FLORAL
  Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. Martyn. Floral envelope , the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which may be wanting. (more info) 1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of
• FLORALLY
  In a floral manner.
• ORNAMENTER
  One who ornaments; a decorator.
• ORNAMENTALLY
  By way of ornament.
• PALMETTE
  A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament.
• ORNAMENT
  That which embellishes or adorns; that which adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. Like that long-buried body of the king Found lying with his urns and ornaments.
• ORNAMENTATION
  1. The act or art of ornamenting, or the state of being ornamented. 2. That which ornaments; ornament. C. Kingsley.
• THALAMIFLORAL; THALAMIFLOROUS
  Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.
• DISCIFLORAL; DISCIFLOROUS
  Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; - - said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.
• TRIFLORAL; TRIFLOROUS
  Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.
• CALYCIFLORAL; CALLYCIFLOROUS
  Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
• LABIATIFLORAL; LABIATIFLORAL
  Having labiate flowers, as the snapdragon.
• COROLLIFLORAL; COROLLIFLOROUS
  Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral. (more info) Etym: