EGAVE

flower

About 14.69 uses per million words.

Meaning

  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 A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
  3. noun A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
    We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.
  4. noun The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
    He always keeps a vase full of flowers in his office.
  5. noun Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
    The dogwoods are in flower this week.
  6. noun The vulva, especially the labia majora.
  7. noun The best examples or representatives of a group.
  8. noun The best state of things; the prime.
    She was in the flower of her life.

Similar words

blossom bloom flush efflorescence peak heyday prime inflorescence corolla blossoming

Often followed by

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Word family

flowered flowerer flowerers flowerful flowering flowerless flowerlike flowers

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