: a person who sells or grows for sale flowers and ornamental plants
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The florist could offer a special bouquet-and-chocolates bundle, giving customers who purchase flowers a discount on or free premium chocolates from the chocolatier.
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Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Some 80 percent of couples hired a caterer to create their cake, while 72 percent hired a DJ, and 65 percent made use of a florist to decorate their ceremony.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rhine emphasizes that the film industry provides middle-class jobs with benefits to industry workers and brings work to various local vendors and indirect beneficiaries in the state, from dry cleaning services to florists.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
Lively’s character, a florist named Lily Blossom Bloom, says the title of the film out loud … twice.
—Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Some 80 percent of couples hired a caterer to create their cake, while 72 percent hired a DJ, and 65 percent made use of a florist to decorate their ceremony.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Rhine emphasizes that the film industry provides middle-class jobs with benefits to industry workers and brings work to various local vendors and indirect beneficiaries in the state, from dry cleaning services to florists.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
Lively’s character, a florist named Lily Blossom Bloom, says the title of the film out loud … twice.
—Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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“Florist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/florist. Accessed 19 Dec. 2024.
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florist
noun
flo·rist
ˈflōr-əst 
ˈflȯr-,
ˈflär-
: a person who sells flowers and ornamental plants
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