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.
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an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses.
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a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty.
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state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower.
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an ornament representing a flower.
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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.
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an ornament or adornment.
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the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England.
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the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth.
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the finest or choicest product or example.
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flowers, (used with a singular verb) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur.
flower the reproductive portion of any plant in the division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae), commonly called flowering plants or angiosperms. As popularly used, the term "flower" especially applies when part ...
slipper flower any of some 240 to 270 species of flowering plants native from Mexico to South America and named for their flowers' pouchlike shape. They belong to the genus Calceolaria and the family ...
flower chafer any of a group of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae (insect order Coleoptera) that are distributed worldwide and are brilliantly coloured, with the majority of the iridescent species occurring in ...
tiger-flower any of about 12 species of the genus Tigridia, plants native from Mexico to Chile and once prized by the Aztecs for the chestnut flavour of bulblike structures (corms). They belong to the iris family ...
bird-of-paradise flower ornamental plant of the family Strelitziaceae. There are five species of the genus Strelitzia, all native to southern Africa. They grow from rhizomes (underground stems) to a height of 1 to 1.5 ...
carrion flower any of about 75 species of succulent plants of the genus Stapelia of the milkweed family (Apocynaceae), native to tropical areas of southern Africa. They are named for the unpleasant odour of their ...
basket-flower (Centaurea americana), annual garden flower of the family Asteraceae, native to southwestern North America. The basket-flower has oblong leaves and rose-coloured, compact heads of disk flowers that ...
passion-flower any of about 400 species of tendril-bearing, herbaceous vines comprising the genus Passiflora (family Passifloraceae), with characteristic flowers. Some are important as ornamentals; others are ...
monkey flower any of the herbaceous or, rarely, shrubby plants of the genus Mimulus (family Phrymaceae, order Lamiales). The approximately 100 species are distributed worldwide but are particularly common in ...
cardinal flower any of several closely related species of the genus Lobelia, perennial plants of the family Campanulaceae that are native to North and Central America. All bear spikes of scarlet, lipped flowers on ...
Chicago Daily Herald - Found 5 hours ago ... flowers. She said the boxes on the bridge railings were vandalized three times this year. In one case, vandals threw the box liners and flowers...
Article Dashboard.com - Found 13 hours ago Though the most important meaning is the thought behind each floral gift, flowers selected for their traditional symbolism and historical
Business Standard India - Found 18 hours ago Allianz teamed with JC Flowers & Co, the New York-based private equity firm run by J Christopher Flowers, in an effort to help New York-based...
Chicago Daily Herald - Found Sep. 16, 2008 ... flowers. She said the boxes on the bridge railings were vandalized three times this year. In one case, vandals threw the box liners and flowers...
Washington Post - Found Sep. 14, 2008 Kravis Roberts & Co and J.C. Flowers & Co, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the situation. KKR and J.C. Flowers met with AIG...
Sentinel and Enterprise - Found 5 hours ago FITCHBURG -- Students at Crocker Elementary School are beautifying the city and raising money for field trips this school year by selling flowers.
Grantham Journal - Found Sep. 17, 2008 ... am - A CARPET of flowers on the floor of a chapel at Belton House, near Grantham, has been created by schoolchildren and a team of professional
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