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florin (flôr′in)

noun

  1. a gold coin of medieval Florence, issued in 1252
  2. a British coin originally equal to two shillings: coinage discontinued in 1971
  3. any of various European or South African silver or gold coins

Etymology: ME < OFr < It fiorino < fiore, a flower < L flos (gen. floris), flower: from the figure of a lily stamped on the original coins

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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