florist

flo·rist

(flôr′ĭst, flŏr′-)

One in the business of raising or selling flowers and ornamental plants.

[Latin flōs, flōr-, flower; see bhel- in Indo-European roots + -ist.]

flo′rist·ry n.

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florist

(ˈflɒrɪst)

(Agriculture) a person who grows or deals in flowers

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

flo•rist

(ˈflɔr ɪst, ˈfloʊr-, ˈflɒr-)

n.

a retailer or grower of flowers and ornamental plants.

[< Latin flōs flower]

flo′rist•ry, n.

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Noun	1.	florist - someone who grows and deals in flowers; "the florist made up an attractive bouquet" market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman - a merchant who owns or manages a shop
	2.	florist - a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold florist shop, flower store shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"

Translations

بائِع أزْهاربَائِعٌ الزُّهور

květinář

blomsterhandler

Blumenhändler Florist Floristin

ανθοπώλης

floristo

florista

kukkakauppias

fleuriste

cvjećar

virágárus

blómasali

fioraio fiorista

花屋

꽃장수

gėlininkas

puķkopispuķu pārdevējs

bloemist

blomsterhandler blomsterdyrker

kwiaciarz

florista

торговец цветами

kvetinár

cvetličar

blomsterhandlare

ร้านดอกไม้

çiçekçi

người bán hoa

花商

florist

[ˈflɒrɪst] N → florista mf
florist's (shop) → floristería f, tienda f de flores

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

florist

[ˈflɒrɪst] n

(= person) → fleuriste mf

(= shop) → magasin m de fleurs

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

florist

n → Blumenhändler(in) m(f), → Florist(in) m(f); florist’s (shop) → Blumengeschäft nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

florist

[ˈflɒrɪst] n → fioraio/a
at the florist's (shop) → dal fioraio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

florist

(ˈflorist) noun

a person who (grows and) sells flowers.

florist

→ بَائِعٌ الزُّهور květinář blomsterhandler Blumenhändler ανθοπώλης florista kukkakauppias fleuriste cvjećar fioraio 花屋 꽃장수 bloemist blomsterhandler kwiaciarz florista торговец цветами blomsterhandlare ร้านดอกไม้ çiçekçi người bán hoa 花商

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He turned into his florist's to send her the daily box of lilies-of-the-valley which, to his confusion, he found he had forgotten that morning.

In a sudden revulsion of mood, and almost without knowing what he did, he signed to the florist to lay the roses in another long box, and slipped his card into a second envelope, on which he wrote the name of the Countess Olenska; then, just as he was turning away, he drew the card out again, and left the empty envelope on the box.

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He caught a breath of lilac scent from a closed florist's shop.

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It might perhaps be interesting to explain to the gentle reader the beautiful chain of theories which go to prove that the tulip borrows its colors from the elements; perhaps we should give him pleasure if we were to maintain and establish that nothing is impossible for a florist who avails himself with judgment and discretion and patience of the sun's heat; the clear water, the juices of the earth, and the cool breezes.

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Here passing a florist's shop he saw some bulbs which he knew his uncle wanted.

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The truant passenger dodged a hansom and then floated past, like a leaf on a stream between a furniture van and a florist's delivery wagon.

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Carey's death Emma had ordered from the florist masses of white flowers for the room in which the dead woman lay.

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On his way, happening to pass by a florist's, he bought a fresh bouquet of flowers.

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What would a florist say to whole tracts, so thickly covered by the Verbena melindres, as, even at a distance, to appear of the most gaudy scarlet?

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Eliza: you are to live here for the next six months, learning how to speak beautifully, like a lady in a florist's shop.

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We see an astonishing improvement in many florists' flowers, when the flowers of the present day are compared with drawings made only twenty or thirty years ago.

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He took advantage of all that had been learned by the florists and cattle-breeders."