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flowery

 adjective
     
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flow‧er‧y
1AVD decorated with a pattern of flowers [= floral, flowered]:
a flowery cotton dress
2 a flowery place has a lot of flowers growing in it:
a flowery meadow
3 a flowery smell or taste is strong and sweet, like flowers:
her flowery perfume
4AL flowery speech or writing uses complicated and rare words instead of simple clear language:
flowery language
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