In Japanese floriography, cactus flowers represent sex or lust.
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Floriography
//ˌflɔːɹiˈɒɡɹəfi//
Synonyms for "floriography" (2 found)
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16 translations across 16 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- blommetaal noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Armenian
1 entries- ֆլորիոգրաֆիա noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 花語 /花语 noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 花語 /花语 noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Czech
1 entries- květomluva noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Esperanto
1 entries- florlingvo noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Finnish
1 entries- kukkaiskieli noun (communication through the use of flowers)
French
1 entries- langage des fleurs noun (communication through the use of flowers)
German
1 entries- Blumensprache noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahasa bunga noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Italian
1 entries- linguaggio dei fiori noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Japanese
1 entries- 花言葉 noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Korean
1 entries- 꽃말 noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Portuguese
1 entries- linguagem das flores noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Russian
1 entries- флориогра́фия noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Swedish
1 entries- blomsterspråk noun (communication through the use of flowers)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Floriography is a science that requires but little study. Some flowers almost bear written upon their upturned faces the thoughts of which they are living representatives.
Source: wiktionary
Time was, the author assures us, "when no gallant knight or gentle dame could aspire to good breeding unless perfectly conversant with floriography."
Source: wiktionary
Victorians also gloried in "floriography", or written alphabets of flowers that assigned each flower a certain quality, such as friendship, hope, or gratitude.
Source: wiktionary
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