French Meaning of flower

fleur

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Definitions and Meaning of flower in English

Wordnet

flower (n)

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Wordnet

flower (v)

produce or yield flowers

Webster

flower (n.)

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.

A figure of speech; an ornament of style.

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

Menstrual discharges.

Webster

flower (v. i.)

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.

Webster

flower (v. t.)

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

FAQs About the word flower

fleur

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms, reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts, the period of greatest pro

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Bas,décomposition,déclin,chute,nadir,flétrissant,flétrissant,flétrissant,flétrissement

flowen => fluide, flowed => coulait, flowchart => organigramme, flowage => inondation, flow sheet => Feuille de flux,