Late 19th century; earliest use found in The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences. From pluri- + -florous, after scientific Latin pluriflorus.
Definition of pluriflorous in US English:
pluriflorous
adjective
Botany
Having many flowers.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences. From pluri- + -florous, after scientific Latin pluriflorus.