flor
flower
Latin · flos, floris
Flor comes from Latin flos, a flower. Floral means of flowers, a florist sells them, and efflorescence is a 'flowering out', from blossoming plants to white salt patches on damp walls.
Memory trick
Flor sounds like 'flower': it means exactly that.
Words from this root
- floral (flor + al) — of or like flowersफूलों का, पुष्प संबंधी
- florally (flor + al + ly) — in a flower-like wayफूलों की तरह
- florist (flor + ist) — person who sells flowersफूल बेचने वाला
- florescence (flor + escence) — the state of floweringफूल खिलने की अवस्था
- effloresce (ef + flor + esce) — to burst into bloomफूल की तरह खिल उठना
- efflorescence (ef + flor + escence) — a flowering out; salt crustपुष्पन; नमक की परत
- efflorescent (ef + flor + escent) — flowering, or forming a crustफूलता हुआ; परत बनाने वाला
- floruit (flor + uit) — he or she flourished (date note)वह फला-फूला (काल-सूचक)
- multiflorous (multi + flor + ous) — having many flowersअनेक फूलों वाला