Florilege

Flo"ri*lege (?), n. [L. florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower + legere to gather: cf. F. floril\'8age.] The act of gathering
flowers.

Florilege rosebuds while you may.

Florulent

Flor"u*lent (?), a. [L. florulentus, fr. flos, floris, flower.] Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] Blount.

Much nicer than flatulent.

Flosculous

Flos"cu*lous (?), a. (Bot.) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets

Which reminds me of an ancient vaudeville vulgarity. A gallant carrying a rooster offers it
to a florid female carrying a flosculous bouquet, which she says prevents her accepting his
tender. The word "flowers" was a now obsolete euphemism for an endocrine induced
phenomenon that recurs approximately every thirty days. Full stop. .

fluctuate
vi.
3at#ed, 3at#ing 5< L fluctuatus, pp. of fluctuare < fluctus, a flowing, wave < pp. stem of fluere, to flow < IE *bhleu3, to swell up, flow (>BLUSTER) < base *bhel3, to swell up > BALL16
1 to move back and forth or up and down; rise and fall; undulate, as waves
2 to be continually changing or varying in an irregular way !prices fluctuated wildly"
vt.
to cause to fluctuate
—SYN SWING
fluctuant
adj.
fluc#tu[a$tion
n.
Which reminds me of a joke just before WWII actually began. Fear of war had caused rapid
inflation. A HongKong business man took money to the bank on Monday, and was disconcerted
to be told that he could not be credited wth face value of the currency, because its value had
fluctuated.
When he took more money to the bank the next day, he looked at the receipt, which was
far less than the face value of the currency he had deposited, and exclaimed: "Flucked again!"

fluke8
n.
5ME floke < OE floc, akin to ON floki < IE base *plag3, broad, flat > FLAG2, Ger flach, flat, level6
1 any of various flatfishes, esp. a genus (Paralichthys) of flounders
2 TREMATODE

fluke2 7fl1k8
n.
5prob. < prec., with reference to shape6
1 a pointed part of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground
>2 a barb or barbed head of an arrow, harpoon, etc.
3 either of the two lobes of a whale‘s tail

fluke3 7fl1k8
n.
5<?6
1 [Old Slang] an accidentally good or lucky stroke in billiards, pool, etc.
2 [Colloq.] a result, esp. a successful one, brought about by accident; stroke of luck
vt.
fluked, fluk4ing [Colloq.] to hit or get by a fluke

fluoroscope
n.
5FLUORO3 + 3SCOPE6 a machine for examining the internal structure of people, animals, raw materials, welds, etc. by viewing the shadows cast on a fluorescent screen from X-rays: the shadows vary in intensity according to the density of the object or part
vt.
3scoped#, 3scop#ing to examine with a fluoroscope

The science dealing with watercourses. Which reminds me of legal complications subsuemed
by "riparian rights" legal jungle in which people fight about usage of river water.
And also the Salic Law.

Biology: having ability to dig. An aarvark has powervul claws tor tearing apart termite towers,
and so is fearsomely fodient.

Saharan fruit-growing, foggara style

The Saharan desert seems an unlikely place to find wetlands, let alone a
thriving fruit-growing business. But Algeria's Ouled Saïd has both.

Ouled Sa?d is a network of oases in southwestern Algeria — an isolated island
of green in a vast ocean of sand dunes. This human-made wetland covers an
area of 25,400 hectares, and is a centre of date production in northern
Africa. Over 100 varieties of date are grown here, serving as a food staple for
local 'oasiens'. The dates also contribute to the local economy, with three
varieties exported to Sudan.

Ouled Sa?d relies on an ingenious and ancient system to capture and
distribute groundwater. This system, called foggara, works through a complex
network of underground channels and storage chambers that allow water to
flow within the oases. The water is then brought to the surface and
distributed according to an ancestral social organization via a tool called the
kasria.

For the rest of the article, which I found very interesting, see:
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2002/december/wetland.htm

The word "flowers" was a now obsolete euphemism for an endocrine induced phenomenon that recurs approximately every thirty days.

Hmm...yeah, PFS...has more of a fitting ring to it than PMS.

Florulent flatulence? Rare.

We can dig. Because we can and do dig, would our species be considered to be fodient?

We can dig. Because we can and do dig, would our species be considered to be fodient?

I'd say no, WW...because, I think, we dig merely as a matter of convenience, to bury our dead, to forage for roots we found to be tasty, to acquire that shiny yellow metal we could fashion into trinkets...whereas, the other species dig as a matter of ongoing survival, instinctually, for burrowing and/or their main fare. Can you dig it?

Yeah, but, we have to dig for survival:

Think of our agriculture;
Think of the roadways;
Think of the buildings and houses that are put up.

If we didn't dig, we'd have to live in caves and live off berries, roots, nuts and whatever we could catch. I'd say the human race is well entrenched in digging for survival.

I get your point, but I'd say: Look around and see how many evidences there are of human fodience.