Definition of flower

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Flower (v. i.) To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June..

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Biflorous :: Biflorous (a.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.
Ephemeral :: Ephemeral (a.) Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower..
Eschscholtzia :: Eschscholtzia (n.) A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy..
Vexillum :: Vexillum (n.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.
Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
Carina :: Carina (n.) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification.
Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..
Pink :: Pink (v. t.) A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower.
Larkspur :: Larkspur (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee..
Language :: Language (n.) The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers..
Brocade :: Brocade (n.) Silk stuff, woven with gold and silver threads, or ornamented with raised flowers, foliage, etc.; -- also applied to other stuffs thus wrought and enriched..
Flowery-kirtled :: Flowery-kirtled (a.) Dressed with garlands of flowers.
Rafflesia :: Rafflesia (n.) A genus of stemless, leafless plants, living parasitically upon the roots and stems of grapevines in Malaysia. The flowers have a carrionlike odor, and are very large, in one species (Rafflesia Arnoldi) having a diameter of two or three feet..
Encarpus :: Encarpus (n.) An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc..
Strophes :: Strophanthus (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Stamened :: Stamen (n.) The male organ of flowers for secreting and furnishing the pollen or fecundating dust. It consists of the anther and filament.
Tetramerous :: Tetramerous (a.) Having the parts arranged in sets of four; as, a tetramerous flower..
Palea :: Palea (n.) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc..
Rosebud :: Rosebud (n.) The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open..
Bellflower :: Bellflower (n.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.
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