"""cauliflower " :: Cauliflower (n.) The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

Aflow :: Aflow (adv. & a.) Flowing.

Anomaloflorous :: Anomaloflorous (a.) Having anomalous flowers.

Ball-flower :: Ball-flower (n.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding..

Beflower :: Beflower (v. t.) To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers..

Bellflower :: Bellflower (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.

Bellflower :: Bellflower (n.) A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple..

Biflorate :: Biflorate (a.) Alt. of Biflorou.

Biflorous :: Biflorous (a.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

Bloodflower :: Bloodflower (n.) A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Haemanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows..

Callyciflorous :: Callyciflorous (a.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Calycifloral :: Calycifloral (a.) Alt. of callyciflorou.

Cauliflower :: Cauliflower (n.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable..

Colliflower :: Colliflower (n.) See Cauliflower.

Cornfloor :: Cornfloor (n.) A thrashing floor.

Cornflower :: Cornflower (n.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields..

Corollifloral :: Corollifloral (a.) Alt. of Corolliflorou.

Corolliflorous :: Corolliflorous (a.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral..

Counterflory :: Counterflory (a.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

Craig Flounder :: Craig flounder () The pole flounder.

Crossflow :: Crossflow (v. i.) To flow across, or in a contrary direction..

Crowflower :: Crowflower (n.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi..

Cuckooflower :: Cuckooflower (n.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi)..

Dayflower :: Dayflower (n.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers..

Deflorate :: Deflorate (a.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen.

Defloration :: Defloration (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin..

Defloration :: Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection.

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