1. Abounding in or covered with flowers; SYN. bloomy, blossomy.
2. Marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; SYN. ornate.

ETYM Old Fren. precious, precius, precios, French précieux, Latin pretiosus, from pretium price, worth, value. Related to Price.
Of high worth or cost.

ETYM Written also sapy.
1. Abounding in sap.
2. Resembling or consisting largely of sapwood.
3. Overly sweet or sentimental.
4. Lacking in good sense; silly.