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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flo·ral a.
 1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.
 2. Bot. Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters.
 Floral envelope Bot., the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 floral envelope
      n : collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting
          of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and
          pistils [syn: perianth, chlamys, perigone, perigonium]