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noun
1.
the blossom of a plant.
2.
Botany.
a.
the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, especially when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color.
b.
an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses.
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.
EXPANDan ornament representing a flower.
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an ornament or adornment.
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the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England.
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the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth.
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the finest or choicest product or example.
11.
COLLAPSEflowers, (used with a singular verb) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, especially as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur.
verb (used without object)
12.
to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom.
13.
to come out into full development; mature.
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Word Origin & History
flower
c.1200, from O.Fr. flor, from L. florem (nom. flos) "flower" (see flora), from PIE base *bhlo- "to blossom, flourish" (cf. M.Ir. blath, Welsh blawd "blossom, flower," O.E. blowan "to flower, bloom"). Modern spelling is 14c. Ousted O.E. cognate blostm (see
EXPAND blossom). Also used from 13c. in sense of "finest part or product of anything." The verb is first recorded early 13c. Related: Flowered; flowering. Flower children "gentle hippies" is from 1967.
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Medical Dictionary
flowers flow·ers (flou'ərz)
pl.n.
A fine powder produced by condensation or sublimation of a compound.
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Science Dictionary
flower  (flou'ər) Pronunciation Key
(click for larger image in new window) The reproductive structure of the seed-bearing plants known as angiosperms. A flower may contain up to four whorls or arrangements of parts: carpels, stamens, petals, and sepals. The female reproductive organs consist of one or more carpels. Each carpel includes an ovary, style, and stigma. A single carpel or a group of fused carpels is sometimes called a pistil. The male reproductive parts are the stamens, made up of a filament and anther. The reproductive organs may be enclosed in an inner whorl of petals and an outer whorl of sepals. flowers first appeared over 120 million years ago and have evolved a great diversity of forms and coloration in response to the agents that pollinate them. Some flowers produce nectar to attract animal pollinators, and these flowers are often highly adapted to specific groups of pollinators. Flowers pollinated by moths, such as species of jasmine and nicotiana, are often pale and fragrant in order to be found in the evening, while those pollinated by birds, such as fuschias, are frequently red and odorless, since birds have good vision but a less developed sense of smell. Wind-pollinated flowers, such as those of oak trees or grass, are usually drab and inconspicuous. See Note at pollination. |
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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Bible Dictionary
Flowers definition
Very few species of flowers are mentioned in the Bible although they abounded in Palestine. It has been calculated that in Western Syria and Palestine from two thousand to two thousand five hundred plants are found, of which about five hundred probably are British wild-flowers. Their beauty is often alluded to (Cant. 2:12; Matt. 6:28). They are referred to as affording an emblem of the transitory nature of human life (Job 14:2; Ps. 103:15; Isa. 28:1; 40:6; James 1:10). Gardens containing flowers and fragrant herbs are spoken of (Cant. 4:16; 6:2).
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