HOW TO PRONOUNCE
flower
/ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ/
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What does flower mean?
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.
- A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
More meanings (21)
noun
- The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
- Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- The best examples or representatives of a group.
- The best state of things; the prime.
- A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
- Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
- (figuratively) Credit, recognition.
- (slang) Cannabis.
- (obsolete) Flour.
- (obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
- (obsolete) Menstrual discharges.
- (rare) Something that flows, such as a river.
verb
- To put forth blooms.
- To decorate with pictures of flowers.
- To reach a state of full development or achievement.
- To come off as flowers by sublimation.
- (archaic) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
proper noun
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ/
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That evening after supper, Carl and Alexandra were sitting by the clump of castor beans in the middle of the flower garden.
He stood long beside the flower bed, and gazed at the banked wall of bright bloom as if he doubted its reality.
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“Our Dickon can make a flower grow out of a brick walk. Mother says he just whispers things out o’ th’ ground.”
That rusty black hat with the drooping red flower, it might not be Ona’s, but there was very little likelihood of it.
As thus she spoke, the Elf took from her bosom a graceful flower, whose snow-white leaves shone with a strange, soft light.