florey
- n British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1898-1968)
florida
- n a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
florida arrowroot
- n small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot
florida bean
- n the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
florida pompano
- n found in coastal waters New England to Brazil except clear waters of West Indies