flower
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flower/ˈflaʊə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) typically surrounded by brightly coloured petals (the corolla) and green sepals (the calyx).
- 2 (often in phr. in flower) the state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened.
- 3 (the flower of) the finest individuals out of a number of people or things.
- 1 (often as adj. flowering) (of a plant) produce flowers.
- 2 be in or reach an optimum stage of development.
– derivatives
flowerer noun,
flowerless adjective,
flower-like adjective.
flowerer noun,
flowerless adjective,
flower-like adjective.
'flower' also found in these Oxford entries:
acanthus
- aestivation
- agapanthus
- agave
- aggregate fruit
- agrimony
- ailanthus
- allogamy
- androecium
- anthemion
- anthesis
- antho-
- anthology
- anthozoan
- anthurium
- antirrhinum
- artichoke
- asphodel
- awn
- Bach flower remedies
- ball
- baluster
- bee orchid
- bhang
- bird of paradise
- bloom
- blossom
- blow
- bract
- broccoli
- bud
- burnet
- burr
- bur-reed
- butter-and-eggs
- buttonhole
- cabbage rose
- calyx
- campanulate
- caper
- cardinal flower
- carline thistle
- carpel
- carpophore
- cauliflower
- chimonanthus
- China tea
- chrysanthemum
- cleistogamy
- clianthus
