Definition of flower

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Flower (n.) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.

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Male :: Male (n.) A plant bearing only staminate flowers.
Colliflower :: Colliflower (n.) See Cauliflower.
Fertile :: Fertile (a.) Capable of producing fruit; fruit-bearing; as, fertile flowers..
Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..
Ripen :: Ripen (v. i.) To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun..
Buck Bean :: Buck bean () A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine; marsh trefoil; -- called also bog bean..
Peduncle :: Peduncle (n.) The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits..
Gynoecium :: Gynoecium (n.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore..
Unisexual :: Unisexual (a.) Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; di/cious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See Di/cious..
Moonflower :: Moonflower (n.) The oxeye daisy; -- called also moon daisy.
Strophes :: Strophanthus (n.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
Nipplewort :: Nipplewort (n.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress..
Hawthorn :: Hawthorn (n.) A thorny shrub or tree (the Crataegus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Crataegus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed..
Cymule :: Cymule (n.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers..
Corbell :: Corbell (n.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel.
Gemmiflorate :: Gemmiflorate (a.) Having flowers like buds.
Middle :: Middle (a.) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station in life; flowers of middle summer; men of middle age..
Buttercup :: Buttercup (n.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare..
Anthokyan :: Anthokyan (n.) The blue coloring matter of certain flowers. Same as Cyanin.
Rhizocarpous :: Rhizocarpous (a.) Having perennial rootstocks or bulbs, but annual flowering stems; -- said of all perennial herbs..
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