According to the
Oxford English Dictionary, Floscle is an obsolete word meaning
Flower, derived from the Latin flōsculus. See also
Floscampy,
Floscular,
Flosculation,
Floscule,
Flosculent,
Flosculet,
Flosculose, and
Flosculous.
In 1599, A. M. tr.'s Gabelhouer's Book Physicke :
Insunde thereon, of the beste oyle Olive, as much as wille cover the floscles
and in 1770, in
C. Smart's
Hop Garden :
The hop ... began to hang Its folded floscles from the golden vine.
Robert Cawdrey's
A Table Alphabeticall defines floscles simply as
flowers.