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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flower \Flow"er\, n. [OE. flour, OF flour, flur, flor, F. fleur, fr L. flos, floris. Cf {Blossom}, {Effloresce}, {Floret}, {Florid}, {Florin}, {Flour}, {Flourish}.] 1. 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. 2. (Bot.) 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; p. pr & vb n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun Cf {Flourish}.] 1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as this plant flowers in June. 2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. --Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. --Spenser. 3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. --Bacon. 4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flower \Flow"er\, v. t. To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as flowered silk. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flower n 1: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms 2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts [syn: {bloom}, {blossom}] 3: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {prime}, {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}] v : produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: {bloom}, {blossom}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Flower, WV Zip code(s): 26611
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