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flower
ˈflaʊə Listen
Meanings
noun
  • the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).
  • the finest individuals out of a number of people or things.
    E.g. he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire
verb
  • (of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.
    E.g. Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October
  • be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly.
    E.g. she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother

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