flowerage

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English

Etymology

From flower +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflaʊəɹɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

flowerage (countable and uncountable, plural flowerages)

flowers, considered collectively or in general.
- 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the poem)”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., , →OCLC:
  And rotatory thumbs on silken knees,
  Call'd all her vital spirits into each ear
  To listen: unawares they flitted off,
  Busying themselves about the flowerage

Translations

flowers, collectively or in general

Bulgarian: цветя (bg) (cvetja)

References

“flowerage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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