flower : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flower	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for flower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flower n a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts Synonym(s): flower, bloom, blossom the period of greatest prosperity or productivity Synonym(s): flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush v produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: bloom, blossom, flower]
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 U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Flower, WV Zip code(s): 26611