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flower child

–noun
(esp. in the 1960s) a young person, esp. a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.

Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; from the conventional image of such people as carrying and distributing flowers
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flower child  
n.   Informal
A hippie, especially one advocating universal peace and love as antidotes to social or political ills.

[From the custom of carrying or wearing flowers to symbolize peace and love.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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