[flou-er] 
| 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. |
flow·er (flou'ər)  (click for larger image in new window) n.
v. intr.
To decorate with flowers or with a floral pattern. [Middle English flour, from Old French flor, from Latin flōs, flōr-; see bhel-3 in Indo-European roots.] flow'er·er n., flow'er·less adj. |