flower : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc.

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• noun flower having no petals
  

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• noun a handmade imitation of a blossom
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the autumn
  fall-flowering; fall-blooming; autumn-blooming; autumn-flowering; late-blooming.
  

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Ball"-flow`er noun

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1. (Arch.) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

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• noun fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
  Penstemon palmeri; scented penstemon.
  

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• a flower which has only stamens without a pistil, or which as neither stamens nor pistils.

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• noun annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets
  Centaurea americana.
  

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• noun a bed in which flowers are growing
  flowerbed; bed of flowers.
  

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• (Bot.), an orchidaceous plant of the genus Ophrys (O. apifera), whose flowers have some resemblance to bees, flies, and other insects.

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• noun annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center
  Indian blanket; fire-wheel; fire wheel; Gaillardia pulchella.
  

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• noun tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropics
  swallowwort; Asclepias curassavica.
  

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• noun tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers
  great lobelia; Lobelia siphilitica.
  

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• adjective satellite having blue flowers
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Bluebottle.

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• the buttercup, a yellow flower.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
  kingcup; buttercup; butterflower; goldcup; crowfoot.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers
  poor man's orchid; schizanthus.
  
• noun shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple
  Bauhinia monandra.
  

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• (Bot.), a climbing plant (Tropæolum peregrinum) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; called also canary vine.

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• noun a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries
  canary creeper; Tropaeolum peregrinum; canarybird vine.
  

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• noun North American lobelia having brilliant red flowers
  Lobelia cardinalis; Indian pink.
  

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• (Bot.), an herbaceous plant (Lobelia cardinalis) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
  stapelia; carrion flower.
  

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• noun erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
  butterfly weed; Indian paintbrush; pleurisy root; tuber root; chiggerflower; Asclepias tuberosa; orange milkweed.
  

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• noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
  lobster plant; Euphorbia pulcherrima; painted leaf; Mexican flameleaf; Christmas star; poinsettia.
  

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• the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter.

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• noun any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
  compass plant.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south.

  Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. Longefellow.

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• (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion.

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• noun perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  Phaseolus caracalla; snailflower; snail bean; corkscrew flower; snail flower; Vigna caracalla.
  

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• noun ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
  crape myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica; crepe myrtle.
  

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• noun a bitter cress of Europe and America
  cuckooflower; lady's smock; Cardamine pratensis; meadow cress.
  
• noun common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
  Lychins floscuculi; Lychnis flos-cuculi; ragged robin.
  

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• noun tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
  Hakea laurina; pincushion hakea.
  

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• flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet.

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• (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.

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• . See Double, a., 4.

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• noun small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers
  Prunus glandulosa.
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
  spring-blooming; late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; early-flowering.
  

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• noun deciduous tree; celebrated for its large white or pink bracts and stunning autumn color that is followed by red berries
  common white dogwood; Cornus florida.
  

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• noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
  wild crocus; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of iridaceous plants (Hesperantha) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening.

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• noun poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers
  Gelsemium sempervirens; yellow jessamine; yellow jasmine; Carolina jasmine.
  

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• noun any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color
  everlasting.
  

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• . Sane as Everlasting, n., 3.

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the autumn
  fall-flowering; fall-blooming; autumn-blooming; autumn-flowering; late-blooming.
  

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• an artifical flower made of feathers, for ladies' headdresses, and other ornamental purposes.

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• noun nigella of Spain and southern France
  Nigella hispanica.
  

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• (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascena is common in gardens. N.sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the "fitches" mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25).

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• noun leek producing bulbils instead of flowers; Russia and Iran
  Allium paradoxum.
  

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• noun straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila
  Nemophila aurita; Pholistoma auritum.
  

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• (Bot.), the foxglove.

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• noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  fairy bell; Digitalis purpurea; fingerroot; fingerflower; common foxglove; finger-root.
  

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• noun gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
  Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian; agueweed; ague weed.
  

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• noun a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
  tritoma; flameflower; kniphofia; flame flower.
  
• noun plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
  flameflower; Talinum aurantiacum; flame flower.
  

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• noun a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
  tritoma; flameflower; kniphofia; flame flower.
  
• noun plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots
  flameflower; Talinum aurantiacum; flame flower.
  

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• noun commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
  Anthurium andraeanum; flamingo plant; Anthurium scherzerianum.
  

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• noun a decorative arrangement of flowers
  floral arrangement.
  

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• noun a bed in which flowers are growing
  flowerbed; bed of flowers.
  

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• a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers.

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• (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers, esp. any one of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, family Nitidulidæ, some of which are injurious to crops.

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• (Zoöl.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.

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• noun a bud from which only a flower or flowers develop
  

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• an unopened flower.

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• noun flowers strung together in a chain
  

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• noun someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle
  hipster; hippie; hippy.
  

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• an assemblage of flowers which open and close at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.

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• noun an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
  

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• noun a garden featuring flowering plants
  

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• noun the cultivation of flowering plants
  floriculture.
  

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• noun a woman who sells flowers in the street
  
• noun a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
  

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• noun a shortened compact cluster of flowers so arranged that the whole gives the effect of a single flower as in clover or members of the family Compositae
  

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• (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of the daisy.

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• (Zoöl.), one of a family (Dicæidæ) of small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble humming birds in habits.

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• noun a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
  hipsters; hippies.
  

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• noun part of the perianth that is usually brightly colored
  petal.
  

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• . (a) A table ornament made of cut flowers. (b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.

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• noun a counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s
  

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• noun erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip
  scape.
  

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• (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that supports the flower or fructification.

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• noun a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
  florist; florist shop.
  

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• noun slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori
  Woodsia alpina; Alpine woodsia; northern woodsia.
  

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Flow"er-de-luce" noun

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1. (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem. ✍ There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica, I. Florentina, I. Persica, I. sambucina, and the American I. versicolor, I. prismatica, etc.

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Flow"er-fence` noun

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1. (Bot.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, ∨ Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.

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Flow"er-gen`tle noun

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1. (Bot.) A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).

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• noun annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
  bladder ketmia; black-eyed Susan; Hibiscus trionum; flower-of-an-hour.
  

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• noun deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers
  Prunus triloba.
  
• noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
  oriental bush cherry; Prunus japonica.
  

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• noun southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna
  Fraxinus ornus; manna ash.
  
• noun shrubby California ash with showy off-white flowers
  Fraxinus dipetala.
  
• noun shrubby ash of southwestern United States having fragrant white flowers
  Fraxinus cuspidata.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
  

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• noun derived from the Iowa crab and cultivated for its large double pink blossoms
  Bechtel crab.
  
• noun small tree or shrub of southeastern United States; cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-colored blossoms
  Southern crab apple; Malus angustifolia.
  

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• noun Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
  Helminthostachys zeylanica.
  
• noun any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
  osmund.
  

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• noun the lower and stouter of the two glumes immediately enclosing the floret in most Gramineae
  lemma.
  

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• noun any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves
  winter hazel.
  

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• noun an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves
  

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• noun European onion with white flowers
  Naples garlic; daffodil garlic; Allium neopolitanum.
  

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• noun plants having seeds in a closed ovary
  angiosperm.
  

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• the Portulaca grandiflora. See Portulaca.

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• noun Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms
  

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• noun shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
  Rubus odoratus; flowering raspberry; thimbleberry.
  

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• noun shrub noted primarily for its flowers
  

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• noun common perennial United States spurge having showy white petallike bracts
  wild spurge; tramp's spurge; Euphorbia corollata.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
  stone-face; living stone; stoneface; lithops; stone plant; stone life face.
  

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• noun South American ornamental perennial having nocturnally fragrant greenish-white flowers
  Jasmine tobacco; Nicotiana alata.
  

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• noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
  angiospermous tree.
  

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• noun common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals
  fringed polygala; gaywings; bird-on-the-wing; Polygala paucifolia.
  

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• noun oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment
  philosopher's wool; zinc oxide; philosophers' wool.
  

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• noun annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers; Old World tropics; naturalized as a weed in North America
  bladder ketmia; black-eyed Susan; Hibiscus trionum; flower-of-an-hour.
  

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• noun small European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation
  Polygala vulgaris; common milkwort.
  

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Gang"-flow`er noun

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1. (Bot.) The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week. Dr. Prior.

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• noun widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers
  Daphne cneorum.
  

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers
  globeflower.
  

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• the bee flower.

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• a composite plant with dry and persistent yellow radiating involucral scales, the Helichrysum Stoechas of Southern Europe. There are many South African species of the same genus.

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• noun any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers
  guinea gold vine.
  

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• noun Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
  checkered daffodil; snake's head fritillary; Fritillaria meleagris; leper lily.
  

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• (Bot.), a liliaceous flower (Fritillaria Meleagris) with petals spotted like the feathers of the Guinea hen.

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• noun a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers; the dried leaves and roots yield aconite
  monkshood; Aconitum napellus; helmetflower.
  

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• (Bot.), an evergreen shrub of the genus Melianthus, a native of the Cape of Good Hope. The flowers yield much honey.

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• noun erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
  Lambertia formosa; mountain devil; honeyflower.
  
• noun Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
  honeyflower; Protea mellifera.
  

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• imortelles; everlastings.

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• (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. Gray.

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• noun ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms
  Prunus sieboldii.
  
• noun ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
  Japanese cherry; oriental cherry; Prunus serrulata.
  

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Jo"seph's flow"er

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1. (Bot.) A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis), of the same genus as the salsify.

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Ju*ly"-flow`er noun

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1. See Gillyflower.

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• noun low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia
  Alsobia dianthiflora; Episcia dianthiflora.
  

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• noun aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran
  Calamintha grandiflora; Clinopodium grandiflorum; Satureja grandiflora.
  

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• noun annual of the western United States having large coiled flower spikes; a threatened species
  Amsinckia grandiflora.
  

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• noun evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers
  southern magnolia; Magnolia grandiflora; bull bay; evergreen magnolia.
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the autumn
  fall-flowering; fall-blooming; autumn-blooming; autumn-flowering; late-blooming.
  

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• noun scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
  Clematis viorna; vase-fine; vase vine.
  
• noun woody vine of the southern United States having purple or blue flowers with leathery recurved sepals
  Clematis versicolor.
  

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• (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color.

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• a species of compound flower, the florets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.

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• (Bot.), a species of gentian (G. Pneumonanthe).

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• (Bot.), one in which the floral envelopes are overdeveloped at the expense of the essential organs.

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• noun garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers
  Dicentra spectabilis; lyreflower; bleeding heart.
  

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• (Med.), a reddish crystalline salt of iron; the ammonio-chloride of iron. Obs.

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• (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See Mayflower, in the vocabulary.

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• (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

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• noun rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
  mistflower; Conoclinium coelestinum; Eupatorium coelestinum; ageratum.
  

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• noun once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America
  nerveroot; Cypripedium acaule.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray.

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• (Bot.), a flower that is double, or has an unusual number of petals in consequence of the abnormal multiplication of the parts of the floral whorls.

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• noun similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States
  Talinum augustissimum.
  

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• noun evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
  Easter lily vine; Beaumontia grandiflora.
  

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• noun the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
  capital of Ethiopia; Addis Ababa.
  

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• noun a plant that does not bear flowers
  

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Noon"-flow`er noun

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1. (Bot.) The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.

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• noun herb of the Mediterranean region having pungent seeds used like those of caraway
  Roman coriander; black caraway; Nigella sativa.
  

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• (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb (Nigella sativa) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and clothing.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
  zinnia; old maid.
  

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• noun delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola
  one-flowered pyrola; Moneses uniflora; Pyrola uniflora.
  

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• noun delicate evergreen dwarf herb of north temperate regions having a solitary white terminal flower; sometimes placed in genus Pyrola
  one-flowered pyrola; Moneses uniflora; Pyrola uniflora.
  

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• adjective satellite having orange flowers
  

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• noun Brazilian vine that tends to flower continuously
  Bougainvillea glabra.
  

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• noun tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
  Poinciana pulcherrima; flamboyant tree; Caesalpinia pulcherrima; pride of barbados.
  

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• . See Pasque flower, under Pasque.

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• . See Pasque flower, under Pasque.

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• noun any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone
  pasqueflower.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called also campana.

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• (Bot.), any flower or plant of the genus Passiflora; so named from a fancied resemblance of parts of the flower to the instruments of our Savior's crucifixion.

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• (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionaceæ) of leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of the pea. G. Bentham.

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• noun showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana
  flamboyant; flame tree; Poinciana regia; royal poinciana; Delonix regia.
  

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• noun East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  coralwood; Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; red sandalwood; coral-wood.
  

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• (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped blossom of a climbing plant (Aristolochia grandiflora) of the West Indies; also, the plant itself.

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• (Bot.), an American perennial leguminous herb (Stylosanthes elatior).

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• noun Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States
  Scabiosa atropurpurea; mournful widow; sweet scabious.
  

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• (Bot.), the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also, the shrub itself; called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers.

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• noun tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
  coffee rose; crepe jasmine; East Indian rosebay; crepe gardenia; Nero's crown; crape jasmine; Tabernaemontana divaricate; Adam's apple.
  

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• noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  common unicorn plant; ram's horn; Proboscidea louisianica; elephant-tusk; devil's claw; common devil's claw.
  

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• (Bot.), one of the single florets, or corollets, in an aggregate or compound flower.

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• adjective satellite having purple flowers
  

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• noun shrubby raspberry of eastern North America having showy rose to purplish flowers and red or orange thimble-shaped fruit
  Rubus odoratus; flowering raspberry; thimbleberry.
  

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• noun small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
  ray floret.
  

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• (Bot.), one of the marginal flowers of the capitulum in such composite plants as the aster, goldenrod, daisy, and sunflower. They have an elongated, strap-shaped corolla, while the corollas of the disk flowers are tubular and five-lobed.

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• adjective satellite having red flowers
  

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• noun tall shrub with cylindrical racemes of red flowers and pinnatifid leaves silky and grey beneath; eastern Australia
  Grevillea banksii.
  

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• noun low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties
  redbird cactus; Jew-bush; Pedilanthus tithymaloides; Jew bush; Jewbush.
  

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• (Bot.), a European species of milkwort (Polygala vulgaris); so called from its former use for garlands in Rogation week. Dr. Prior.

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• (Bot.), the plant love-a-mist. See under Love.

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• noun southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
  money plant; honesty; Lunaria annua; silver dollar; satinpod.
  

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• (Bot.) See Honesty, 4.

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• (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.

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• noun viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
  Nyctaginia capitata.
  

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• (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers.

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• noun annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules
  whitlow grass; shadflower; Draba verna.
  

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• noun cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
  Languas speciosa; shellflower; Alpinia Zerumbet; Alpinia speciosa; shell ginger.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Turtlehead.

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• noun showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
  Chelone glabra; shellflower; turtlehead; snake-head; snakehead.
  

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• noun showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
  Cheiranthus allionii; Erysimum allionii.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.

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• . (Bot.) (a) The silk tree . (b) A similar tree (Calliandra trinervia) of Peru.

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• (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.

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• .(Bot.) Slipperwort.

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• noun perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  Phaseolus caracalla; snailflower; snail bean; corkscrew flower; snail flower; Vigna caracalla.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Phaseolus Caracalla) having the keel of the carolla spirally coiled like a snail shell.

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• noun perennial tropical American vine cultivated for its racemes of showy yellow and purple flowers having the corolla keel coiled like a snail shell; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
  Phaseolus caracalla; snailflower; snail bean; corkscrew flower; snail flower; Vigna caracalla.
  

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• (Bot.), the fringe tree.

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• (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
  peace lily; spathiphyllum.
  

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• noun native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
  spider plant; Cleome hassleriana.
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the spring
  spring-blooming; late-spring-blooming; early-blooming; early-flowering.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum; star-of-Bethlehem . (b) See Starwort (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis (Trientalis Americana) . Gray.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers
  stapelia; carrion flower.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Sweet sultan, under Sweet.

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the summer
  summer-blooming.
  

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• noun any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan
  swanflower; swan-neck; swan orchid; swanneck.
  

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• noun any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers
  tailflower; anthurium.
  

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• noun tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers
  Emilia sagitta.
  
• noun tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia
  Emilia coccinea; Emilia flammea; Cacalia lutea; Emilia javanica; Cacalia javanica.
  
• noun young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
  tassel flower; Amaranthus caudatus; love-lies-bleeding.
  

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• (Bot.), a name of several composite plants of the genus Cineraria, especially the C. sconchifolia, and of the blossoms which they bear.

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• (Bot.), flowers growing three and three together.

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Three"-flow`ered adjective

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1. (Bot.) Bearing three flowers together, or only three flowers.

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• (Bot.), an iridaceous plant of the genus Tigridia (as T. conchiflora, T. grandiflora, etc.) having showy flowers, spotted or streaked somewhat like the skin of a tiger.

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• noun orchid having blue to purple flowers with tongue-shaped or strap-shaped protuberances (calli) at the lip base
  tongueflower.
  

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• noun decumbent South African perennial with short densely leafy stems and orange flower rays with black eyespots at base
  Gazania rigens.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Globeflower (a).

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• noun Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
  cupflower; chalice vine; Solandra guttata.
  
• noun woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
  Bignonia capreolata; quarter-vine; quartervine; cross vine.
  
• noun evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
  Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet vine; trumpet honeysuckle; coral honeysuckle.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom. (b) The trumpet honeysuckle. (c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers.

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• (Bot.), a delicate evergreen plant (Linnæa borealis) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk.

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• (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower.

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• noun young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
  tassel flower; Amaranthus caudatus; love-lies-bleeding.
  

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• (Bot.), love-lies-bleeding. See under Love.

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• noun a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia
  

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• (Bot.), a peculiar faculty belonging to the flowers of certain plants of opening and closing their petals as certain hours of the day. R.

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• adjective satellite having a violet color
  violet-colored; violet-coloured.
  

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• noun herb or small shrublet having solitary violet to rose-red flowers
  Petunia integrifolia.
  

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• a flower made of, or resembling, wax.

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• noun biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
  Erysimum arkansanum; Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum asperum.
  

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• adjective satellite (of plants) having white flowers
  

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• noun wild or uncultivated flowering plant
  wildflower.
  

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• noun shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers
  rosebud cherry; Prunus subhirtella.
  

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• adjective satellite of plants that bloom during the winter
  winter-blooming.
  

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• noun South African perennial with long-lasting spikes of white blossoms that are shipped in to Europe and America for use as winter cut flowers
  chincherinchee; Ornithogalum thyrsoides.
  

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