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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. .
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