floral cup
- n the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
floral envelope
- n collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
floppy disk
- n a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
flora
- n all the plant life in a particular region or period
the flora of southern California - n (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
floreal
- n eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers
florence
- n a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
- n a town in northeast South Carolina; transportation center