florilegium. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

florilegium

SYLLABICATION:	flor·i·le·gi·um
PRONUNCIATION:	flôr-lj-m, flr-
NOUN:	Inflected forms: pl. flor·i·le·gi·a (-j-) A collection of excerpts from written texts, especially works of literature.
ETYMOLOGY:	New Latin flrilegium, flower-gathering (translation of Greek anthologion, flower-gathering, anthology), from Latin flrilegus, gathering flowers : fls, flr-, flower; see flower + legere, to gather; see leg- in Appendix I.


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