noun
- Plural of floricane; the first-year canes of a biennial bramble plant (such as raspberry or blackberry) that produce flowers and fruit.
Usage: horticultural/botanical term; contrasts with primocanes (new canes in their first year of growth)
Examples
- The floricanes on the raspberry bushes produced abundant fruit this season.
- Gardeners prune the floricanes after harvest to encourage new primocane growth.
- Unlike primocanes, floricanes have already completed their first year of development.
- The floricanes will be replaced by next year's primocanes in the biennial cycle.