Plural of florilegium; collections of literary passages, excerpts, or flower arrangements assembled as anthologies.
Latin plural of florilegium, where flos means flower and legere means to gather or read. The word originally referred to flower collections but expanded to literary compilations.
Medieval monks created florilegia—both literal flower collections and literary 'flowers' of wisdom from religious texts—showing how the same metaphor worked across gardening and scholarship!
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