flower

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), typically including sepals, petals, stamens, and ovaries; often conspicuously colourful.
  3. Noun.  A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
  4. Noun.  (context, usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
  5. Noun.  (euphemism, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
  6. Noun.  (idiomatic) The best examples or representatives of a group.
  7. Noun.  The best state of things; the prime.
  8. Noun.  (obsolete) Flour.
  9. Verb.  To put forth blooms.
  10. Verb.  To reach a state of full development or great achievement.
  11. Noun.  something that flows, such as a river.

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