efflouren
Middle English
editEtymology
editApparently from Middle French effleurer (“remove the flowers of”), assimilated to or blended with Middle English flouren (“bloom”).
Verb
editefflouren (third-person singular present indicative effloureth)
- (intransitive, of a plant) to shed its blossoms
References
edit- Middle English Dictionary (1954–2001) s.v. “efflǒuren (v.)”