"floricide" meaning in English

See floricide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: floricides [plural]
Etymology: From Latin flōs + -icide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|flōs|icide|lang1=la}} Latin flōs + -icide Head templates: {{en-noun}} floricide (plural floricides)
  1. The killing of a flower.
    Sense id: en-floricide-en-noun-ViBrG1SP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -icide

Inflected forms

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