Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Floridea

Floridea , proper noun, plural

[New Latin, from Latin flos, floris, a flower.]

(Botany) A subclass of alga including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermea of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

Also: Florideae