flower
- 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), typically including sepals, petals, stamens, and ovaries; often conspicuously colourful.
- Noun. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- Noun. (context, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- Noun. (euphemism, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- Noun. (idiomatic) The best examples or representatives of a group.
- Noun. The best state of things; the prime.
- Noun. (obsolete) Flour.
- Verb. To put forth blooms.
- Verb. To reach a state of full development or great achievement.
- Noun. something that flows, such as a river.
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