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Flower Definition–noun | 1. | the blossom of a plant. | | 2. | Botany. | a. | the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, esp. when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color. | | b. | an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses. | | | 3. | a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty. | | 4. | state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower. | | 5. | an ornament representing a flower. | | 6. | Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, esp. a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings. | | 7. | an ornament or adornment. | | 8. | the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England. | | 9. | the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth. | | 10. | the finest or choicest product or example. | | 11. | flowers, (used with a singular verb ) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom. | | 13. | to come out into full development; mature. | –verb (used with object) | 14. | to cover or deck with flowers. | | 15. | to decorate with a floral design. | |
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Delivery Definition–noun, plural -er⋅ies. | 1. | the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients. | | 2. | a giving up or handing over; surrender. | | 3. | the utterance or enunciation of words. | | 4. | vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech: a speaker's fine delivery. | | 5. | the act or manner of giving or sending forth: the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball. | | 6. | the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition. | | 7. | something delivered: The delivery is late today. | | 8. | Commerce. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer. | | 9. | Law. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective: a delivery of deed. | | 10. | Printing. Also called delivery end. the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form. | | 11. | Archaic. release or rescue; liberation; deliverance. | |
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Ukraine Definition–noun | a republic in SE Europe: rich agricultural and industrial region. 50,684,635; 223,090 sq. mi. (603,700 sq. km). Capital: Kiev. | |
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