Hardly flowery (5)
I believe the answer is:
terse
(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "Sparing with words; abrupt" , "Trees (anag.)" , "precise" , "Pithy and concise" , "Sententious" .)
I believe the answer is:
terse
(Other definitions for terse that I've seen before include "Sparing with words; abrupt" , "Trees (anag.)" , "precise" , "Pithy and concise" , "Sententious" .)