FLORIN

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Italian fiorino, from fiore flower, from Latin flor-, flos; from the lily on the coins Date: 14th century 1. an old gold coin first struck at Florence in 1252, any of various European gold coins patterned after the Florentine ~, 2. a British silver coin worth two shillings, any of several similar coins issued in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, gulden