flowery language—the use of fine words and phrases to embellish a narration:
- Linneus devised a kind of Latin suitable for concise descriptions: animals and plants were not to be written up in flowery language.
language of flowers—a way of expressing one’s sentiments by means of flowers:
- She looked into the bouquet, to see whether there was a billet-doux hidden…. “Do they talk the language of flowers at Boggley Wollah, Sedley?” asked Osborne, laughing.