'flower-attracted' originates from Modern English as a compound of the noun 'flower' and the past participle 'attracted'. 'flower' ultimately comes from Old French 'flor'/'fleur' and Latin 'flos, floris' meaning 'flower'; 'attract' comes from Latin 'attrahere', where 'ad-' meant 'toward' and 'trahere' meant 'to draw'.

'flower-attracted' was formed in Modern English by combining 'flower' and the participial adjective 'attracted' (itself from Middle English forms of 'attract' < Old French < Latin 'attrahere'), following the productive pattern of noun + past-participle compounds (e.g., 'sun-dried', 'well-known').

Initially the components separately meant 'flower' and 'to draw toward'; combined in modern usage they straightforwardly mean 'drawn toward or showing attraction to flowers'.