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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, esp. 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. 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.
–verb (used without object)
12. to produce flowers; blossom; come to full bloom.
13. to come out into full development; mature.
–verb (used with object)
14. to cover or deck with flowers.
15. to decorate with a floral design.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME flour flower, best of anything < OF flor, flour, flur < L flōr- (s. of flōs). Cf. blossom

Synonyms:
13. develop, flourish, bloom, blossom, ripen.
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n.  

    1. The reproductive structure of some seed-bearing plants, characteristically having either specialized male or female organs or both male and female organs, such as stamens and a pistil, enclosed in an outer envelope of petals and sepals.

    2. Such a structure having showy or colorful parts; a blossom.

  2. A plant that is cultivated or appreciated for its blossoms.

  3. The condition or a time of having developed flowers: The azaleas were in full flower.

  4. Something, such as an ornament or a figure of speech, that resembles a flower in shape, fineness, or attractiveness.

  5. The period of highest development; the peak. See Synonyms at bloom1.

  6. The highest example or best representative: the flower of our generation.

  7. A natural development or outgrowth: "His attitude was simply a flower of his general good nature" (Henry James).

  8. flowers Chemistry A fine powder produced by condensation or sublimation of a compound.

v.   flow·ered, flow·er·ing, flow·ers

v.   intr.

  1. To produce a flower or flowers; blossom.

  2. To develop naturally or fully; mature: His artistic talents flowered early.

v.   tr.
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

flower

The part of a plant that produces the seed. It usually contains petals, a pistil, and pollen-bearing stamens.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

flower  (n.)
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 blossom). Also used from 13c. in sense of "finest part or product of anything." The verb is first recorded c.1225. Flower children "gentle hippies" is from 1967.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: flow·ers
Pronunciation: 'flau(-&)rz
Function: noun plural
: a finely divided powder produced especially by condensation or sublimation
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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Bible Dictionary

Flowers

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).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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