Flower

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Menstrual discharges.

II. Flower ·noun Grain pulverized; meal; flour.

III. Flower ·vi To come off as flowers by sublimation.

IV. Flower ·noun A figure of speech; an ornament of style.

V. Flower ·vi To come into the finest or fairest condition.

VI. Flower ·vi To Froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.

VII. Flower ·noun Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, ·etc.

VIII. Flower ·vt To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

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

X. Flower ·noun 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.

XI. Flower ·vi To Blossom; to Bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.

XII. Flower ·noun 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.

XIII. Flower ·noun 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.

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