flowerlike

English

Etymology

From flower +‎ -like. Piecewise doublet of flourlike.

Adjective

flowerlike (comparative more flowerlike, superlative most flowerlike)

  1. Resembling a flower, especially in shape
    • 2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 135:
      The filter-feeding feather duster worms produce fantastic flower-like crowns of feathery appendages.
    • 2007 December 2, “Fashion”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      I designed clothes for flowerlike women, with rounded shoulders, full feminine busts and hand-span waists above enormous spreading skirts.
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