“Flowers” is a form of
flower
UK /ˈflaʊ̯.ə/ · US /ˈfloʊɚ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Also a form of flour
Forms flowers flowering flowered flowre flow'r flow-er
- noun A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- noun (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- noun A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. “We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.”
- noun The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc. “He always keeps a vase full of flowers in his office.”
- noun (uncountable, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms. “The dogwoods are in flower this week.”
- noun (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- noun The best examples or representatives of a group.
- noun The best state of things; the prime. “She was in the flower of her life.”
- verb (intransitive) To put forth blooms. “This plant flowers in June.”
- verb (transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
- verb (intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
- verb (archaic, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
- verb (intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
- noun (rare, especially crosswording) Something that flows, such as a river.
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
Synonyms
cream prime head pseudanthium bloom blossom flourish peak heyday efflorescence flush
Etymology
From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom.
Partly displaced native Old English blostma (which is cognate), whence Modern English blossom.
From flow + -er.
* As an occupational English surname, from the noun flower, and sometimes flour.
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English flo (“arrow”).
* Also as an English surname, variant of Floor, itself from the noun floor.
* As a Welsh surname, Anglicized from Llywarch.
Webster’s 1913
- 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.
- 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.
- verb To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
- verb To come into the finest or fairest condition.
Etymology [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur, flor, F. fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. Blossom, Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour, Flourish.]
Etymology [From the noun. Cf. Flourish.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “flower”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details