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Definition of flowery adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flowery

adjective
 
/ˈflaʊəri/
 
/ˈflaʊəri/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. covered with flowers or decorated with pictures of flowers
    • flowery meadows
    • flowery wallpaper
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc1
  2. smelling or tasting of flowers
    • flowery perfume
    • a flowery sparkling wine
  3. (usually disapproving) (of speech or writing) too complicated; not expressed in a clear and simple way
    • flowery language/prose
    Topics Literature and writingc2
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