Flower

Noun

 * 1) A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
 * 2)  A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), typically including sepals, petals, stamens, and ovaries; often conspicuously colourful.
 * 3) * 1597, De Campo, Don Richardo de Medico The Trimming of Thomas Nashe Gentleman
 * How frail a flower thou doſt ſo highly a prize:/Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot/That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes.
 * 1) * 1894, H. G. Wells, The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
 * You know, Darwin studied their fertilisation, and showed that the whole structure of an ordinary orchid flower was contrived in order that moths might carry the pollen from plant to plant.
 * 1) A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
 * We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.
 * 1)  Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
 * The dogwoods are in flower this week.
 * 1)  The vulva, especially the labia majora.
 * 2)  The best examples or representatives of a group.
 * We selected the flower of the applicants.
 * 1) The best state of things; the prime.
 * She was in the flower of her life.

Verb

 * 1) To put forth blooms.
 * 2) To reach a state of full development or great achievement.

Quotations

 * 1927-1929 — Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part III (IX) Simple Life, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai
 * It only needed watering to take root, to flower and to fructify, and the watering came in due course.

Noun

 * 1) something that flows, such as a river

Verbs for Flower
arrange—s; array—s; awaken—s; bear—s; blanket with—s; crush—; cultivate—s; cull —s; fertilize—s; gather—s; landscape with—s; pluck—; press—; putter among—s; strew with—s; surround with—s; trample—; — beckon; — bob; — cascade; —cluster; —droops; —drink in; — emerges; —fades; —nods; —ravishes; — shrivels; —springs up; —sways in the breeze; —unfolds; —withers; —waves.

Adverbs for Flower
resplendently; fragrantly; consummately; opulently; transiently; garishly; pendulously; wantonly; fugitively; vernally; deathlessly; luxuriantly; autumnally; vernally.

Synonyms for Flower
noun
 * head, pseudanthium
 * cream
 * prime

verb
 * bloom, blossom
 * expand, bud, burgeon, grow, mature, develop, open, unfold.

Antonyms for Flower
droop, fade, flag, age, decline, sag, slip, wane, languish, die.

Thesaurus
Chinese lantern, Christmas rose, Eglantine, acacia, advance, androecium, anther, arrowhead, asiaticism, aster, attain majority, axiom, azalea, batten, bead, bear fruit, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, best, bleeding heart, bloom, blossom, blow, bluebell, boom, broom, bud, budding, burgeon, burgeoning, buttercup, cactus, calendula, calyx, camellia, carnation, carpel, center, champion, choice, chosen, chrysanthemum, cineraria, clematis, clethra, cockscomb, columbine, come of age, come out, come to maturity, core, cornel, cornflower, corolla, corolla tube, corona, cosmos, cowslip, cream, crocus, cyclamen, daffodil, dahlia, daisy, dandelion, delphinium, develop, device, diamond, dogwood, duckweed, edelweiss, effloresce, efflorescence, elect, elite, elixir, engrave, epicalyx, essence, essential, euphuism, evolute, evolve, fat, fatten, feather, figurative language, figurativeness, figure, figure of speech, filigree, finest, flag, flax, fledge, fleur-de-lis, floret, floriculture, floridity, floscule, flounce, flourish, floweret, flowery style, focus, forget-me-not, forsythia, foxglove, foxtail, fuchsia, fundamental, gardenia, gardening, garland, gem, gentility, gentry, geranium, germination, gist, gravamen, groundsel, grow, grow fat, grow up, growth, gynoecium, hawthorn, heart, heather, hibiscus, honeysuckle, horehound, horticulture, hortorium, hyacinth, hydrangea, hypostasis, illuminate, image, imagery, impatience, indigo, inner essence, iris, jasmine, jewel, jonquil, kernel, lavender, leave the nest, lilac, lily, lobelia, lotus, lupine, luxuriation, magnolia, mallow, manner of speaking, marigold, marrow, marsh marigold, marshmallow, maturate, mature, mayflower, meat, megasporophyll, mellow, microsporophyll, mignonette, moccasin flower, mock orange, monkshood, motherwort, myrtle, narcissus, nonesuch, nonliterality, nonliteralness, nonpareil, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, oleander, open, optimum, orchid, ornament, oxalis, paint, pansy, paragon, peony, perianth, periwinkle, petal, phlox, pick, pink, pistil, pith, plume, poppy, postulate, posy, pride, prime, primrose, principle, prize, progress, pullulation, purple passage, quality, queen, quid, quiddity, quintessence, ranunculus, reach manhood, reach twenty-one, reach voting age, receptacle, resurrection plant, rhododendron, ribbon, ripen, rose, sap, season, select, settle down, shoot, shooting star, snapdragon, snowball, snowberry, snowdrop, society, soul, spangle, spiraea, spirit, spray, sprouting, stamen, stigma, stock, strawflower, stuff, style, substance, sunflower, superlative, sweet William, sweet alyssum, sweet pea, temper, the best, the best ever, the nitty-gritty, the tops, the very best, thrive, tinsel, toga virilis, top, torus, trillium, trope, tulip, turn of expression, umbrella plant, unfold, upper class, upper crust, vegetation, verbena, vetch, viola, violet, wallflower, water lily, wax, way of speaking, wildflower, wisteria, wolfbane, wreathe, yarrow, yucca, zinnia

Etymology 1
From flour:  flur: from  flor: from  florem:, accusative of flos: from, extended form of. Displaced native blede "flower" (from  blēd "flower, fruit"),  blome "flower" (from  blómi "flower"),  blosme, blossem "flower, blossom" (from  blōstma "flower").

Etymology 2

 * from to flow:

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: زهرة, (zuhūr),  (az-hār)
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܗܒܒܐ (habbāḇāʾ), ܗܒܬܐ (habb(ə)ṯāʾ)
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: кветка
 * Bengali: ফুল
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: bleuñv, bleuñvienn , bleunienn , boked , fleur
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ပန်း
 * Catalan:
 * Central Atlas Tamazight:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 花 (fà)
 * Mandarin: 花, 花兒, 花儿, 花朵, 花卉
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Crimean Tatar: şeşek
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: blóma, blomstur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Gujarati: ફૂલ (phūl), પુષ્પ (puśp), સુમન (suman)
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Interlingua: flor
 * Inuktitut: nunangoark, perusiatsiark
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 花
 * Kannada: ಹೂವು
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ផ្កា
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish: gul, kulîlk,
 * Lakota: wanahca
 * Lao: (döökmai), ດອກໄມ້
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: puķe, zieds
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Lower Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian:


 * Luhya:
 * Luxembourgish: Blumm
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: പൂവ്(pūv), പുഷ്പം(púṣpum), ഏറ്റവും നല്ല ഭാഗം, കണ്ണായ ഭാഗം
 * Maltese:
 * Manchu:
 * Maori: putiputi, puāwai
 * Marathi:
 * Mongolian: цэцэг (cêcêg)
 * Nahuatl: xochitl
 * Navajo: ,
 * Northern Sami: rássi
 * Norwegian:
 * Ojibwe: ,
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Old French: ,
 * Old Provençal:
 * Pali: पुप्फ
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: گل
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਫੁੱਲ
 * Quechua:
 * Rohingya: fúl
 * Romani: luludyi
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Samoan:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic: blàth, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: cvet
 * Sicilian:
 * Sinhalese: මල (mala)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ua, maua pl (noun 5/6),
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bulaklak
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: மலர் (malar), பூ (pū)
 * Taos: pȍbénemą
 * Telugu: (puvvu),  (pushpamu)
 * Thai: ดอก, ดอกไม้, บุษบา
 * Tibetan: མེ་ཏོག
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gül
 * Ukrainian: квітка,
 * Urdu: پھول
 * Uyghur: گۈل
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: (花),
 * Volapük: flor
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: blom
 * Yiddish: ,
 * Volapük: flor
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: blom
 * Yiddish: ,

Verb

 * Arabic: (az-hára),  (izdáhara)
 * Armenian: ծաղկել
 * Breton: bleuniañ
 * Bulgarian: цъфтя (tsăftja)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: blomstre
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აყვავება, აყვავილება
 * German:
 * Greek: ανθώ [anˈθo̞], ανθίζω [anˈθizo̞], λουλουδίζω [luluˈðizo̞]
 * Greenlandic: sikkerneq
 * Hebrew: פרח (parakh) vi; הפריח (hifriikha) vt
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: berkembang
 * Interlingua: florer, florescer
 * Inuktitut: erkpakpok
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 咲く (さく, sakú)
 * Korean:


 * Latin: florere; florescere ; efflorescere
 * Latvian: ziedēt
 * Lithuanian: žydėti
 * Luxembourgish: bléien, floréieren
 * Macedonian: цвета
 * Maltese:
 * Mandarin: 开花
 * Ojibwe: baashkaabigwanii
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kvitnúť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (yāāem),  (dtààek bplee)
 * Turkish: çiçeklenmek
 * Urdu:
 * Volapük: florön


 * Marathi:

Related terms

 * fleur
 * flora, Flora
 * floret
 * florid
 * florist
 * floristics
 * inflorescence

Derived terms

 * aflower
 * flowerbed
 * flower girl
 * flowerpot
 * flowery
 * passionflower
 * sunflower

Anagrams

 * flowre
 * fowler, Fowler
 * reflow