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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.

▶verb

• 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.

– origin ME flour, from OFr. flour, flor, from L. flos, flor-; cf. flour.