/flawr'euh lee"jee euhm, flohr'-/ , n. , pl. florilegia /-jee euh/ .
a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
[ 1640-50; florilegium, equiv. to L flori- FLORI- + leg ( ere ) to gather + -ium -IUM, on the model of spicilegium gleaning; a calque of Gk anthología ANTHOLOGY ]