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flower

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1. flower - Noun

2. flower - Verb

3. Flower - Proper noun

Meaning

In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.

That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.

The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.

Grain pulverized; meal; flour.

A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.

Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.

Menstrual discharges.

To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.

To come into the finest or fairest condition.

To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.

To come off as flowers by sublimation.

To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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One little boy, when asked what forgiveness is, gave a wonderful answer: "It is the fragrance that a flower gives when it is trampled on." Source: Internet

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. Max Müller

Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus

The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison. Armenian Proverb

Never strike your wife, not even with a flower. Hindi Proverb

To an optimist every weed is a flower; to a pessimist every flower is a weed. Finnish Proverb

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