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| 1. | a floral motif, as one used as a terminal point or in a decorative series on an object. |
| 2. | Printing. flower (def. 6). |
| 1. | the blossom of a plant. |
| 2. | Botany.
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| 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. |
| 12. | to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom. |
| 13. | to come out into full development; mature. |
| 14. | to cover or deck with flowers. |
| 15. | to decorate with a floral design. |
