All 3 Uses

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Horse-drawn wagons came and went, burdened and brimming with materials ordered by the foreman, Williamson, a big, Irish-looking man with florid cheeks, a broad mustache and a surly disposition.†
Chpt 2
My legs still gripped around him, I eased my damp head of hair back to resting, my chest a florid pink, my husband panting like a long-distance runner.†
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Douglas Posey stepped off the ladder and bounced in the air, his eyes never leaving my little girl until they bulged from his florid head, a blue pallor overcoming him.†
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Definitions:

(1) (florid as in: a florid style)
elaborate (with much decorative detail)
(2) (florid as in: florid color)
a reddish color -- (especially about someone's complexion or in various medical contexts)
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In historical writing, florid can also refer to flowers--as when something is covered with flowers.