Florida; -- a nickname, alluding to sense of L. floridus, from florida flowery. See Florid. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

aloha state, american state, apetalous flower, artificial flower, associated state, atmospheric state, australian state, badger state, balkan state, balloon flower, baltic state, basket flower, battle born state, bay state, bayou state, bear state, beaver state, beehive state, big bend state, blackwater state, blanket flower, blood flower, blue cardinal flower, blue hen state, blue-grass state, bluegrass state, buckeye state, buffer state, butterfly flower, caliphate state, camellia state, canarybird flower, cardinal flower, carrion flower, centennial state, change of state, change state, chief of state, chigger flower, chinook state, christmas flower, city state, cognitive state, committee for state security, compass flower, constitution state, corkscrew flower, cornhusker state, cotton state, coyote state, cracker state, creole state, crepe flower, cuckoo flower, cushion flower, department of state, diamond state, eastern pasque flower, ecstatic state, emotional state, empire state, empire state of the south, empire state of the west, energy state, equality state, evening trumpet flower, everglade state, evergreen state, everlasting flower, fennel flower, fiesta flower, first state, flame flower, flamingo flower, flannel flower, flower, flower arrangement, flower bed, flower bud, flower chain, flower child, flower cluster, flower garden, flower gardening, flower girl, flower head, flower people, flower petal, flower power, flower stalk, flower store, free state, gand flower, garden state, garland flower, garrison state, gaseous state, gem state, globe flower, golden state, gopher state, grand canyon state, granite state, great lakes state, green mountain state, ground state, guinea flower, guinea-hen flower, hawkeye state, head of state, helmet flower, honey flower, hoosier state, independent state of papua new guinea, independent state of samoa, irish free state, islamic state of afghanistan, joseph's flower, keystone state, leather flower, liquid state, lone-star state, lumber state, magnolia state, mental state, minister of state, mint state, moccasin flower, mormon state, mount rushmore state, mountain state, narrow-leaved flame flower, natural state, nepal trumpet flower, new flower, new york state, new york state barge canal, north star state, nutmeg flower, nutmeg state, ocean state, ohio state university, old dominion state, old line state, old maid flower, old north state, orange free state, oxidation state, palmetto state, panhandle state, paper flower, paradise flower, pasque flower, pathological state, peace garden state, peach state, peacock flower, peacock flower fence, pelican state, peninsula state, physiological state, pincushion flower, pine tree state, pine-tree state, pinwheel flower, police state, prairie state, proboscis flower, psychological state, puppet state, ray flower, redbird flower, renegade state, rogue state, sagebrush state, satin flower, scarlet musk flower, sea flower, secretary of state, secretary of state for the home department, show me state, siberian wall flower, silver state, sioux state, slave state, snail flower, solid state, sooner state, spathe flower, spider flower, starfish flower, state, state attorney, state bank, state boundary, state capital, state capitalism, state change, state department, state government, state highway, state line, state of affairs, state of bahrain, state of eritrea, state of flux, state of grace, state of israel, state of katar, state of kuwait, state of matter, state of mind, state of nature, state of qatar, state of the art, state of the vatican city, state of war, state prison, state senator, state socialism, state supreme court, state tax lien, state treasurer, state trooper, steady state, sucker state, sunflower state, sunshine state, tar heel state, tarheel state, tassel flower, temporary state, treasure flower, treasure state, trumpet flower, turpentine state, united states department of state, velvet flower, venus's flower basket, volunteer state, welfare state, western wall flower, wild flower, wolverine state, wonder flower