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Definition: Flower |
FlowerNoun1. A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. 2. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. 3. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. Verb1. Produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Flower" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". |
Date "flower" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Flower \Flow"er\, noun. [from Old English expression flour, Old French flour, flur, flor, French fleur, from the Latin expression flos, floris. Compare to Blossom, Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour, Flourish.]. (references) |
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Biology & Biotechnology | The reproductive organ(a modified shoot)of Angiospermae characterised by pistils or stamens and generally also sepals and petals(perianth). Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing flowers blooming in gardens, signifies pleasure and gain, if bright-hued and fresh; white denotes sadness. Withered and dead flowers, signify disappointments and gloomy situations. For a young woman to receive a bouquet of mixed flowers, foretells that she will have many admirers. To see flowers blooming in barren soil without vestage of foliage, foretells you will have some grievous experience, but your energy and cheerfulness will enable you to climb through these to prominence and happiness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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nah:XochitlA flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). The function of a flower is to produce seeds through sexual reproduction. For the higher plants, seeds are the next generation, and serve as the primary means by which individuals of the species are dispersed across the landscape. After fertilization, a flower develops into a fruit containing the seed(s).
Anatomy
A flower is a modified stem with shortened internodes and bearing, at its nodes, structures that may be highly modified leaves. In essence, a flower structure forms on a modified shoot with an apical meristem that does not grow continuously. The stem called a pedicel, the end of which is the torus or receptacle. The parts of a flower are arranged in whorls on the torus. The four main parts (starting from the base of the flower or lowest node and working upwards) are as follows:
Some species of plants produce separate male (containing the stamens) and female (containing the pistil) flowers. In some of these species, an individual plant is either male or female and the species is regarded as dioecious; in others, male and female flowers appear on the same plant and then the species is called monoecious. In the majority of species, individual flowers have both pistils and stamens. Some of these flowers are capable of self-fertilization, which increases the chance of producing seeds, but limits genetic variation. The extreme case of this occurs in flowers that always self-fertilize, such as the common dandelion. Conversely, some species of plants have ways of preventing self-fertilization. Male and female flowers on the same plant may not appear at the same time, or pollen from the same plant may be incapable of fertilizing its ovules. The latter, which have chemical barriers to its own pollen are referred to as self sterile or self incompatible.
- calyx – the outer whorl of sepals; typically these are green, but are petal-like in some species.
- corolla – the whorl of petals, which are usually thin, soft, and colored to attract insects that help the process of pollination.
- androecium (from Greek andros: man) – the stamens, each a filament topped by an anther where pollen is produced. Pollen contains the male gametes.
- gynoecium (from Greek gynos: woman) – consisting of a pistil, with one or more carpels, which are the female reproductive organs and contain an ovary with ovules (female gametes).
In those species that have more than one flower on an axis, the collection of flowers is termed an inflorescence. In this sense, care must be excercised in considering what is a flower. In botanical terminology, a single daisy or sunflower for example, is not a flower but a flower head — an inflorescence comprised of numerous small flowers. Each small flower is anatomically as described above.
Flower function
A major function of flowers in nature is simply to attract animals to pollinate the flower, the movements of the pollinating agent contributing to the opportunity for genetic recombinations within a dispersed plant population. Bees and birds are common pollinators: both have color vision, thus selecting for "colorful" flowers. Some flowers have patterns, called nectar guides, that are evident in the ultraviolet range, visible to bees but not to humans. Flowers also attract pollinators by scent. In any case, pollinators are attracted to the plant, perhaps in search of nectar, which they eat. The arrangement of the stamens insures that pollen grains are transferred to the bodies of the pollinator. In gathering nectar from many flowers of the same species, the pollinators transfer pollen between all of the flowers.
Flower scent is not always pleasant to our nose. Some plants, such as Rafflesia, the titan arum, and the North American paw paw (Asimina triloba) are pollinated by flies, so produce a scent imitating rotting meat. Other flowers are pollinated by the wind, and these species (for example, the grasses) have no need to attract pollinators and therefore tend not to be "showy".
Flowers that are insect pollinated are called entomophilous (literally "insect loving"), and wind pollinated flowers are referred to as anemophilous. Pollens of entomophilous flowers tend to be large grained, sticky, and contain significant protein, which is another reward for pollinators. Anemophilous flower pollen is usually small grained, very light, and of little nutritional value to insects, though it may still be gathered, in times of dearth. Honeybees and bumblebees actively gather anemophilous corn (maize) pollen, though it is of little value to them.
There is much confusion about the role of flowers in allergies. For example the showy and entomophilous goldenrod (Solidago) is frequently blamed for respiratory allergies, of which it is innocent, since its pollen cannot be airborne. Instead the allergen is usually the pollen of the contemporary bloom of anemophilous ragweed (Ambrosia) which can drift for many kilometers.
See also: List of flowers, Flower album
Flowers in the Arts
The great variety of delicate and beautiful flowers has inspired the works of many poets.
Ah, Sun-flower weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun,
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done:
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
- – William Blake, Ah! Sun-Flower
References and External links
A flower in a cryptic crossword usually should be pronounced flo-er and refers to a stream or river.
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The son of Clio and Pierus, King of Macedonia, in Greek mythology. Hyacinth (or Hyacinthus) was a beautiful youth beloved by the god Apollo. He died accidentally as the myth goes due to a discus thrown by Apollo, which struck Hyacinth on the head, killing him.
Detail from The Death
of Hyacinth by Jean Broc
There is another myth which adds that it was the wind god Zephyr who was actually responsible for the death of Hyacinth. Zephyr blew the discuss off course, out of jealousy, so as to injure and kill Hyacinth. When he died, Apollo made a flower, the hyacinth, spring out from his spilled blood. However, the flower of the mythological Greek youth Hyacinth slain by Apollo's discus has been identified with a number of plants (e.g., iris) other than the true hyacinth.
Although the mythical Hyacinth was male, Hyacinth is currently in use as a female name.
Hyacinth (scientific name: Hyacinthus)
Any of a type of plant of genus Hyacinthus, which are bulbous herbs of the family Liliaceae (lily family). Hyacinths are native to the Mediterranean region as well as South Africa.The Dutch, or common, hyacinth of house and garden culture (H. orientalis of the northeast Mediterranean) was so popular in the 18th century that over 2,000 types were cultivated in the Netherlands, its chief commercial producer. This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant flowers in shades of red, blue, white, or yellow. A variety of the common hyacinth is the less hardy and smaller blue- or white-petalled Roman hyacinth (var. albulus) of florists. Types of brodiea, camass, squill, and other lily-family plants with flower clusters borne along the stalk are also called hyacinth. Hyacinths are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.
The related grape hyacinths (Muscari), sometimes called baby's-breath, are very low, mostly blue-petalled herbs similar in appearance to hyacinths and are also commonly cultivated.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hyacinth."
Synonyms: FlowerSynonyms: efflorescence (n), flush (n), heyday (n), peak (n), prime (n), bloom (v), blossom (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inexpedience | Super-excellence, supereminence; superiority; perfection; coup de maitre; masterpiece, chef d'ouvre, prime, flower, cream, elite, pick, A, nonesuch, nonpareil, creme de la creme, flower of the flock, salt of the earth; champion; prodigy. |
Ornament | Wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, "daisies pied and violets blue" |
Production | Edifice, building, structure, fabric, erection, pile, tower, flower, fruit. |
Repute | Chief; (master); first fiddle; (proficient); cynosure, mirror; flower, pink, pearl; paragon; (perfection); choice and master spirits of the age; elite; star,.sun, constellation, galaxy. ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus; halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors; laurels; (trophy). |
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Screenplays | Nope that's a flower. (Bambi; writing credit: Felix Salten; Larry Morey) The flower that blooms amid adversity is the most rare and beautiful (Mulan; writing credit: Robert D. San Souci; Rita Hsiao) I remember in one flower shop there was a whole wall covered with poison ivy and people came from miles around to look at that wall and they stayed to buy. (The Little Shop of Horrors; writing credit: Charles B. Griffith) What kind of flower would you like to be (Harold and Maude; writing credit: Colin Higgins) That was a weird gig. I fed off a flower person and I spent the next six hours watching my hand move (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | She gave you a flower, the one that God gave her (Just Push Play; performing artist: Aerosmith) Why were you my flower (Missing you; performing artist: Diana Ross) Every Flower Touched His Cold Hand (Southern Nights; performing artist: GLEN CAMPBELL) Then you came into my life a brand new flower, baby (Mental Picture; performing artist: Jon Secada) Whilst trampling on a flower. (THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING; performing artist: King Crimson) | |
Clever | Even in a pile of manure, a flower will grow. (references; author: unknown) The pistol of a flower is its only protections against insects. (references; author: unknown) Forgiveness is like the fragrance a flower gives after it's been stepped on. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cactus Flower (1969) Flower Garden (1969) The Flower and the Sword (1968) Flower Drum Song (1961) The Flower Thief (1960) | |
Song Titles | Fading Like A Flower (Everytime You Leave) (performing artist: Roxette) | |
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 | Domestic mosquito species are those that breed close to human habitation. Flower containers in cemeteries may contain larvae of any of the three domestic species including Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens, and Aedes aegypti. Credit: CDC. |  | "Pagode" by Rainer Wonisch. Use the Scrollbar to vary A, and transform a building into a flower. |
 | "Bird of Paradise" flower. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | A white marsh hibiscus flower in bloom. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A prickly pear cactus in flower. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, in flower. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Star flower - Trientalis borealis; Canada mayflower - Maianthemum canadense. Northeast woods at Swift. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Gulf of Mexico showing continental slope and Flower Gardens Banks. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Flower coral -- (Eusmilia fastigiata). Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Remains of native home. Life goes on after Typhoon Amy as shown by spirit of people. Note beautiful flower behind the ear. Credit: Small World. |
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| "Orange Flower" by Srdjan Kosutic Commentary: "Very nice-coloured flower." | "Flower" by Felipe Menhem Commentary: "A unknown flower photo. ." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Gerard De Nerval | Every flower is a soul blossoming in Nature. |
Joseph Joubert | Politeness is the flower of humanity. |
Leighton | The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days. |
Massey | A sweet new blossom of humanity, fresh fallen from God's own home, to flower on earth. |
Nathaniel Hawthorne | Generosity is the flower of justice. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | The Amen of nature is always a flower. |
William Blake | To create a little flower is the labor of ages. |
William Dunbar | London, thou art the flower of Cities all. |
William Shakespeare | Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. |
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The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | If some one loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The day after his liberation, he saw before the door of an orange flower distillery at Grasse, some men who were unloading bags |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She picked the flower. |
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Health | Pyrethrins are natural extracts from the chrysanthemum flower. (references) | |
Avoid standing water, for example, bird baths, flower vases, or humidifiers. (references) | ||
Business | Facing this position, farmers may well decide to switch from maize to other summer crops (e.g. sunflower, canola flower, and sorghum), that may stimulate the growth of other types of machinery outside the traditional maize equipment. (references) | |
Economic History | Colombia | The cut flower industry has been the most prominent beneficiary. (references) |
Pakistan | Comments: Pakistan is a growing market for planting seeds, particularly flower and fruit seeds. (references) | |
Nicaragua | NICA HOLDINGS, U.S. capital with variety of seafood processing operations and a flower nursery. (references) | |
Trade | Bolivia | Live plants and all seeds, except for vegetable and flower seeds, require sanitary certificates. (references) |
Travel | Greece | Flower bulbs, plants, and fresh fruit may not be brought into the country by travelers. (references) |
Worker Rights | Colombia | Children as young as 11 work full-time in almost every aspect of the cut flower industry. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HOVEL, n. The fruit of a flower called the Palace. Twaddle had a hovel, Twiddle had a palace; Twaddle said: "I'll grovel Or he'll think I bear him malice" -- A sentiment as novel As a castor on a chalice. Down upon the middle Of his legs fell Twaddle And astonished Mr. Twiddle, Who began to lift his noddle. Feed upon the fiddle- Faddle flummery, unswaddle A new-born self-sufficiency and think himself a [mockery.] G.J. |
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Dennis Miller | Even among TV families, you'll find more unconventional arrangements than in a flower shop owned by Picasso. |
Joan Lunden | I mean, look, think about somebody who comes in and nanny's for you. I have people who have live in our home and taken care of my girls. My daughters were their flower girls in her wedding. We talked to her. We send her pictures of them. |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | This kind of society will not flower spontaneously from swelling riches and surging power. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Yet optimism is in order because day by day democracy is proving itself to be a not at all fragile flower. |
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| "Flower" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.47% of the time. "Flower" is used about 2,153 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 87.47% | 1,883 | 4,539 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.26% | 135 | 27,360 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.75% | 124 | 28,785 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.51% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,153 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "flower" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Flower | Last name | 2,000 | 6,083 |
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| "Flower" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a flower". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "flower". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Floretta | Female | N/A | A flower |
| Florine | Female | N/A | A flower |
| Ziz | N/A | Biblical | Flower |
| Fleur | Female | English | A flower |
| Fleuretta | Female | English | A flower |
| Flora | Female | English | A flower |
| Florinda | Female | English | A flower |
| Flower | Female | English | A flower |
| Florette | Female | French | A flower |
| Florian | Male | French | A flower |
| Florianne | Male | French | A flower |
| Flora | Female | German | A flower |
| Florian | Male | German | A flower |
| Flora | Female | Italian | A flower |
| Floriana | Male | Italian | A flower |
| Floriano | Male | Italian | A flower |
| Florian | Male | Polish | A flower |
| Flora | Female | Roman Mythology | A flower |
| Florin | Male | Romanian | A flower |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Big Flower Holdings, Inc. |
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1. Flower, WV |
Expressions using "flower": Animal flower ♦ apetalous flower ♦ artificial flower ♦ Bach flower therapy ♦ balcony flower box ♦ balloon flower ♦ Barren flower ♦ basket flower ♦ be in flower ♦ be in the flower of youth ♦ Bee flower ♦ bell flower ♦ big flower ♦ blanket flower ♦ blood flower ♦ blue cardinal flower ♦ Bottle flower ♦ Butter flower ♦ butterfly flower ♦ buttonhole flower ♦ Canary bird flower ♦ canarybird flower ♦ Cardinal flower ♦ carrion flower ♦ Christmas flower ♦ cloth flower ♦ come into flower ♦ Compass flower ♦ Compound flower ♦ corkscrew flower ♦ corn flower ♦ crepe flower ♦ cuckoo flower ♦ cushion flower ♦ Discoid flower ♦ Double flower ♦ eastern pasque flower ♦ Evening flower ♦ evening trumpet flower ♦ Everlasting flower ♦ Feather flower ♦ Fennel flower ♦ fiesta flower ♦ Finger flower ♦ flame flower ♦ flamingo flower ♦ Flannel flower ♦ flower arrangement ♦ flower array ♦ flower bed ♦ Flower beetle ♦ Flower bird ♦ flower box ♦ flower bud ♦ flower busket ♦ flower chain ♦ flower child ♦ Flower clock ♦ Flower essence therapy ♦ flower festival ♦ flower field ♦ flower garden ♦ flower gardening ♦ flower girl ♦ flower head ♦ Flower Hill ♦ flower key ♦ Flower Mound ♦ flower of sulphur ♦ Flower pecker ♦ flower people ♦ flower petal ♦ Flower piece ♦ flower pomade ♦ flower pot ♦ flower power ♦ flower seed ♦ flower seller ♦ flower shop ♦ flower show ♦ flower stalk ♦ flower stand ♦ Flower State ♦ flower store ♦ flower vase ♦ full many a flower ♦ gand flower ♦ garland flower ♦ globe flower ♦ Gnat flower ♦ Gold flower ♦ Grape flower ♦ guinea flower ♦ head of the flower ♦ helmet flower ♦ Honey flower ♦ Imperfect flower ♦ in flower ♦ in full flower ♦ Joseph's flower ♦ leather flower. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "flower": flower-and-citron, flower-arrangement, flower-arranging, flower-basket, flower-bed, flower-bedecked, flower-beds, flower-bordered, flower-bright, flower-bud, flower-child, flower-children, flower-clasping, flower-covered, flower-cup fern, flower-curtained, flower-decked, Flower-de-luce, flower-edged, flower-embroidered, flower-encompassed, flower-faced, flower-fair, Flower-fence, flower-filled, flower-flanked, flower-flesh, flower-fresh, flower-fringed, flower-garden, flower-gardens, flower-garlanded, Flower-gentle, flower-girl, flower-growing, flower-head, flower-heads, flower-hung, flower-infused, flower-in-the-hair, flower-laden, flower-lady, flower-like, flower-lined, flower-market, flower-mix, flower-of-an-hour, flower-painted, flower-painting, flower-paintings, flower-pattern, flower-patterned, flower-piece, flower-pieces, flower-piercers, flower-planting, flower-plots, flower-pot, flower-pots, flower-power, flower-powered, flower-presentation, flower-print, flower-printed, flower-rich, flower-scented, flower-seller, flower-sellers, flower-selling, flower-shapes, flower-shirted, flower-shop, flower-soft, flower-spattered, flower-spikes, flower-sprigged, flower-stands, flower-stems, flower-strewn, flower-throwing, flower-to-fruiting, flower-trimmed, flower-vase, flower-vases, flower-visiting, flower-walk, flower-water. | |
Ending with "flower": artificial-flower, Ball-flower, bee-flower, bell-flower, blood-flower, cut-flower, desert-flower, dried-flower, fan-flower, Gang-flower, globe-flower, July-flower, mini-flower, moon-flower, night-flower, Noon-flower, passion-flower, peony-flower, sea-flower, spring-flower, sultan-flower, sun-flower, swan-flower, wall-flower, wild-flower, wind-flower. | |
Containing "flower": lace-flower vine, paper-flower-hawking, parlour-game-and-flower-arranging, Pea-flower tribe, wild-flower-pressing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
flower | 65,814 | mother day flower | 1,789 |
wild flower | 14,338 | hawaiian flower | 1,751 |
tropical flower | 6,736 | flower arrangement | 1,692 |
flower and garden | 6,720 | valentine flower | 1,650 |
spring flower | 6,280 | dried flower | 1,629 |
wedding flower | 6,199 | flower fairy | 1,555 |
flower seed | 5,155 | summer flower | 1,552 |
wild flower seed | 4,839 | send flower | 1,446 |
easter flower | 4,360 | christmas flower | 1,437 |
flower picture | 3,896 | wholesale flower | 1,378 |
exotic flower | 3,724 | online flower | 1,361 |
iris flower | 3,538 | lotus flower | 1,313 |
flower pot | 3,472 | congratulations flower | 1,313 |
flower delivery | 3,395 | 1 800 flower | 1,265 |
flower girl dress | 2,840 | flower shop | 1,222 |
cut flower | 2,275 | purple flower | 1,214 |
flower bulb | 2,160 | daisy flower | 1,110 |
flower gardening | 2,125 | cheap flower | 1,084 |
silk flower | 2,112 | flower tattoo | 1,041 |
flower girl | 1,930 | flower and gift | 1,037 |
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| Language | Translations for "flower"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | blom (bloom). (various references) | |
Albanian | lule (bloom, blossom, pink, posy, pride). (various references) | |
Arabic | نما (develop, expand, gather, grow, increase, prosper, shoot, thrive, unfold), نخبة (elite, quorum), نبتة مزهرة, زهرة (blossom, elite, jacinth, phosphor), زهر (bloom, blossom, effloresce), صفوة (choice, cream, elite, fat, flowering, top), إزدهار (boom, growth, health, prosperity, swell), ريعان (bloom, flowering), برعم (bloom, blossom, bud, burgeon, button, gemma, germinate, growth, in bud, in the bud, leaf, shoot, sprout). (various references) | |
Asturian | flor. (various references) | |
Aymara | panqara. (various references) | |
Basque | lore. (various references) | |
Bemba | icilime. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | aapistsosskitsi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | украсявам с цветя, украсявам с цветни моливи, украса (adornment, decking, decoration, dressing, embellishment, embroidery, fretwork, gilding, ornament, set off, trappings), разцъфтявам (bloom, blow), развивам се (come round, germ, grow, progress, quicken, roll off, run out, shape up, turn out), цъфтя (bloom, blossom, blow, effloresce), цъфтеж (bloom, blow, flourishing, flowering, inflorescence), цвят (bloom, blossom, blow, color, coloring, colour, colouring, hue, inflorescence, pick, suit, tint, tone), цветно растение, цвете, винетка (vignette), отглеждам (breed, bring up, cradle, cultivate, fledge, grow, incubate, nourish, nurse, raise, rear, tend), елит (elite, pick, top drawer). (various references) | |
Catalan | flor (bloom). (various references) | |
Cebuano | bulak. (various references) | |
Chamorro | flores. (various references) | |
Chinese | 花 (blossom, fancy pattern, grasshopper, to spend). (various references) | |
Cornish | blejan. (various references) | |
Czech | kytka, kvìtina (dog-violet, gardenia), kvìt (bloom, blossom), kvést (bloom, blossom, come out, fructify), květina. (various references) | |
Danish | blomst (bloom). (various references) | |
Dutch | bloem (bloom, flour, meal). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | sisa. (various references) | |
Esperanto | floro (bloom). (various references) | |
Faeroese | blóma (bloom). (various references) | |
Farsi | نخبه (Elite), گلکاری کردن , گل کردن , گل (Blossom, Clay, Lair, Mud, Silt, Slob, Slosh), شکوفه دادن , شکوفه (Bloom, Blossom, Bud, Chrysalis), درخت گل . (various references) | |
Finnish | kukka (bloom, blossom). (various references) | |
French | fleur (fleur, flowering, flowers of wine). (various references) | |
Frisian | blom (bloom). (various references) | |
German | Blume (bloom, bouquet, head, nose, pot plant, scut, tag), blüte (abloom, bloom, blossom, dud, efflorescence, florescence, phoney, phony, prosperity, rash), blühen (be in store, bloom, blooming, blossom, flourish, prosper, thrive, to flourish). (various references) | |
Greek | λουλούδι (bloom). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | lule (bloom). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפרוח (bloom, blossom, flourish, prosper, thrive), להפריח (cause to blossom, prosper, thrive), להנץ (bud, burgeon), פרח (adornment, blossom, novice, tyro). (various references) | |
Hungarian | virág (bloom, blossom). (various references) | |
Icelandic | blom (bloom). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sekar, kusuma, kembang (assuraster), bunga (azalea, blossom, floral design, interest, the best part). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | nunaraq. (various references) | |
Irish | blÚth (bloom), bláth. (various references) | |
Italian | fiore (bloom, blossom, cream, pick, prime, the best part). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 花 , 草花 (flowering plant), 華 (petal), 精華 (essence, glory). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くさばな (flowering plant), そうか (Buddhist temple, family in mourning, flower arrangement, flowering plant, homeless, loading, streetwalker), せいか (chant, confectionery, essence, fame, flower arrangement, fresh flowers, fruitand vegetables, fruits, glory, governing one's family, height of summer, home, hymn, influential family, lower abdomen, metallic currency, midsummer, net price, regular curriculum, regular price, reputation, request for leave of absence, required subject, results, sacred fire, sacred song, shoe-making, specie, the man in power, vacation request), はな (edge, end, margin, nasal mucus, nose, petal, point, snivel, snot, tip). (various references) | |
Kongo | mvuma. (various references) | |
Korean | 꽃 (Bloom, Floral, Flowers). (various references) | |
Lombard | fior (bloom). (various references) | |
Macedonian | cveke. (various references) | |
Malay | bunga (bloom). (various references) | |
Manx | cheet my vlaa (budding, florescence, pubescent), blaaghey (bloom, bud, flourish), blaa (bloom, heyday, pride). (various references) | |
Maori | puuaawai. (various references) | |
Mohawk | otsìtsya. (various references) | |
Norwegian | blomst (bloom). (various references) | |
Occitan | flor. (various references) | |
Papago | heosig. (various references) | |
Papiamen | flor (bloom). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owerflay.(various references) | |
Polish | kwiat (bloom). (various references) | |
Portuguese | flor (bloom, blossom, flowering). (various references) | |
Provencal | flor. (various references) | |
Romanian | floare (bloom, blossom, bouquet, elite, face, posy, pride, prime). (various references) | |
Romansch | flur. (various references) | |
Romany | looloodì. (various references) | |
Ruanda | amashugwe. (various references) | |
Russian | цвести (bloom, blossom, effloresce), цветок цветочный, цветок (blossom, floret), цвет (bloom, blossom, blow, color, colour, dye, hue). (various references) | |
Samoan | fualaau. (various references) | |
Scottish | flùr , plùr, blàth (bloom, blossom, kind, tender, warm). (various references) | |
Sepedi | letaoba. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | cvetati (bloom, blossom, flourish), cvet (bloom, blossom, posy, prime). (various references) | |
Shona | ruva. (various references) | |
Sicilian | ciuri. (various references) | |
Spanish | flor (bloom, blossom, grain, head, pip, posy, self). (various references) | |
Sranan | bromki (bloom). (various references) | |
Swahili | ua (bloom, court, courtyard, yard). (various references) | |
Swazi | í-mbali. (various references) | |
Swedish | blomma (bloom, blossom), blomster (bloom). (various references) | |
Tagalog | bulaklák (bloom). (various references) | |
Turkish | serpilmek (be sprinkled, bloom, blossom out, disperse, effloresce, grow apace, open out, thrive), seçkin şey, süs (adornment, apparel, attire, decoration, embellishment, embroidery, encrustation, enrichment, facings, falbala, falbelo, fancy, finery, flamboyance, flourish, frill, frippery, garnish, garnishment, garniture, get up, make up, ornament, ornamental, ornamentation, scrimshaw, setoff, setout, trim, trimming), olgunlaşmak (cut one's wisdom teeth, head, maturate, mature, mellow, ripen, season, set), gelişmek (advance, ameliorate, blossom, blossom out, boom, branch out, develop, evolve, expand, flourish, go ahead, grow, grow up, improve, make headway, progress, refine, shape, shape up, thrive, unfold), bahar (may, spice, spring, springtide, springtime, youth), şeref (dignity, glory, honor, honour, kudos, laurels, pride, reputation, repute), açılmak (admit smb. into one's confidence, air, bare, be opened, become relaxed, come loose, come open, come undone, disclose one's secret, disentangle, disperse, diverge, effuse, expand, fine, gape, get loose, go up, loosen, loosen up, open, open in, open oneself, open out, open up, recrudesce, refresh, spread, thaw, unbend, uncurl, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unload, untwine, untwist, unwind, work loose, yawn), çiçeklenmek (bloom, blossom, blow, come into flower), çiçek açmak (bloom, blossom, blow, come into flower, effloresce), çiçek açma (bloom, efflorescence, florescence), çiçek (blossom, floral, smallpox). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gьl (ornament, rose). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | цвітіння (blow, blowing, blowth, florescence, flowering, inflorescence), цвіт (bloom, blossom, blow, blowth), квітка (bloom, blossom), квітнути (effloresce), перебувати у розквіті. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hoa (carpet, maypole), bông hoa. (various references) | |
Welsh | blodyn (bloom, blossom), blodeuyn (bloom), blodeuo (bloom, blossom, flourish). (various references) | |
Yucatec | nikte' (bloom), lol (bloom, rose). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | gurun, ninda, ul. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | flos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 5, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Dia touto on tropon kauqhsetai kalamh upo anqrakoV puroV kai sugkauqhsetai upo flogoV aneimenhV h riza autwn wV cnouV estai kai to anqoV autwn wV koniortoV anabhsetai ou gar hqelhsan ton nomon kuriou sabawq alla to logion tou agiou israhl parwxunan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Propter hoc sicut devorat stipulam lingua ignis et calor flammae exurit sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet abiecerunt enim legem Domini exercituum et eloquium Sancti Israhel blasphemaverunt |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For that, as deuoureth the tunge of fyr stobil, and the hete of flaumme brenneth out, so the roote of hem as a gnast shal be, and the buriownyng of hem as pouder shal steye vp; forsothe thei casten awei the lawe of the Lord of ostes, and the speche of the hoeli of Irael thei blasfemeden. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 5, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Busa ingon nga ang dila sa kalayo magalamoy sa dagami, ug ingon nga ang mamala nga balili mapulpog diha sa siga, tungod niini ang ilang gamot maingon sa madunot, ug ang ilang putot mawagtang ingon sa abug: tungod kay ilang gisalikway ang Kasugoan ni Jehova sa mga panon, ug gitamay ang pulong sa Balaan sa Israel. |
| Croatian | Zato, kao što plameni jezici proždiru slamu i kao što nestaje suha trava u plamenu, tako æe korijen njihov istrunuti, poput praha razletjet' se pupoljak njihov, jer odbaciše Zakon Jahve nad Vojskama i prezreše rijeè Sveca Izraelova. |
| Danish | Derfor, som Ildens Tunge æder Strå og Hø synker sammen i Luen, så skal deres Rod blive rådden, deres Blomst henvejres som Støv; thi om Hærskarers HERRERs Lov lod de hånt og ringeagted Israels Helliges Ord. |
| Dutch | Daarom, gelijk de tong des vuurs den stoppel verteert, en het kaf door de vlam verdaan wordt, alzo zal hun wortel als een uittering wezen; en hun bloem zal als stof opvaren; omdat zij verwerpen de wet des HEEREN der heirscharen, en de rede des Heiligen van Israel versmaden. |
| Finnish | Sentähden, niinkuin tulen kieli syö oljet ja kuloheinä raukeaa liekkiin, niin heidän juurensa mätänee, ja heidän kukkansa hajoaa tomuna ilmaan, sillä he ovat ylenkatsoneet Herran Sebaotin lain ja pitäneet pilkkanansa Israelin Pyhän sanaa. |
| French | C`est pourquoi, comme une langue de feu dévore le chaume, Et comme la flamme consume l`herbe sèche, Ainsi leur racine sera comme de la pourriture, Et leur fleur se dissipera comme de la poussière; Car ils ont dédaigné la loi de l`Éternel des armées, Et ils ont méprisé la parole du Saint d`Israël. |
| German | Darum, wie des Feuers Flamme Stroh verzehrt und die Lohe Stoppeln hinnimmt, also wird ihre Wurzel verfaulen und ihre Blüte auffliegen wie Staub. Denn sie verachten das Gesetz des HERRN Zebaoth und lästern die Rede des Heiligen in Israel. |
| Hungarian | Ezért, mint a polyvát megemészti a tûznek nyelve, és az égõ széna összeomlik: gyökerök megrothad, virágjok mint a por elszáll, mert a seregek Urának törvényét megvetették, és Izráel szentjének beszédét megútálták. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kamu telah menolak ajaran TUHAN Yang Mahakuasa, dan menghina perintah Allah kudus Israel. Sebab itu, seperti jerami dan rumput kering habis terbakar dalam api, begitu juga akar-akarmu akan menjadi busuk, bunga-bungamu menjadi kering dan habis ditiup angin. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sebab itu, seperti jilat api makan habis akan jerami dan nyala apipun menghabiskan merang, demikianpun akar mereka itu dimakan makin habis dan bunganyapun akan beterbangan seperti duli; karena telah dibuangnya akan taurat Tuhan serwa sekalian alam dan dicelakannya firman Yang Mahasuci orang Israel. |
| Maori | Mo reira ka rite ki te kainga a te arero o te ahi i te kakau witi, ki te hinganga o te otaota maroke ki roto ki te mura; ka pera to ratou pakiaka te pirau, ka rere to ratou puawai ki runga, ano he puehu: mo ratou i whakakahore ki te ture a Ihowa o nga mano, i whakahawea ano hoki ki te kupu a te Mea Tapu o Iharaira. |
| Norwegian | Derfor, som ilden fortærer halm, og høi synker sammen i luen, så skal deres rot råtne, og deres blomst fare op som støv; for de har forkastet Herrens, hærskarenes Guds lov og foraktet Israels Helliges ord. |
| Rumanian | De aceea, cum mistuie o limbq de foc miriwtea, wi cum arde flacqra iarba uscatq, tot awa: ca putregaiul le va fi rqdqcina lor, wi floarea li se va risipi kn vknt ca yqrkna, cqci au nesocotit legea Domnului owtirilor, wi au dispreyuit cuvkntul Sfkntului lui Israel. |
| Spanish | Por tanto, como la lengua de fuego devora la paja y la llama doblega el rastrojo, así la raíz de ellos será como cosa putrefacta, y su flor se desvanecerá como el polvo. Porque han desechado la ley de Jehovah de los Ejércitos, y han despreciado la palabra del Santo de Israel. |
| Swedish | Därför, såsom eldsflamman förtär strå, och såsom halm sjunker tillsammans i lågan, så skall deras rot förruttna, och deras löv skola flyga bort såsom stoft, eftersom de förkastade HERREN Sebaots lag och föraktade Israels Heliges ord. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flower": flowerage, flowerages, flowerbed, flowerbeds, flowered, flowerer, flowerers, floweret, flowerets, flowerette, flowerettes, flowerful, flowerier, floweriest, flowerily, floweriness, flowerinesses, flowering, flowerless, flowerlike, flowerpot, flowerpots, flowers, flowery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "flower": beflower, bellflower, blanketflower, cauliflower, coneflower, cornflower, cuckooflower, dayflower, deflower, foamflower, gillyflower, globeflower, mayflower, moonflower, pasqueflower, passionflower, reflower, safflower, starflower, strawflower, sunflower, twinflower, wallflower, wildflower, windflower. (additional references) | |
Words containing "flower": beflowered, beflowering, beflowers, bellflowers, blanketflowers, caulifloweret, cauliflowerets, cauliflowers, coneflowers, cornflowers, cuckooflowers, dayflowers, deflowered, deflowerer, deflowerers, deflowering, deflowers, foamflowers, gillyflowers, globeflowers, mayflowers, moonflowers, nonflowering, pasqueflowers, passionflowers, reflowered, reflowering, reflowers, safflowers, starflowers, strawflowers, sunflowers, twinflowers, wallflowers, wildflowers, windflowers. (additional references) | |
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"Flower" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aflower, feower, fiower, flawen, flawier, fliwer, fllower, Flobert, floger, flooer, Floo'er, flooser, flover, flowern, flowr, floyer, fluger, fluower, fowe, fower. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "flower" (pronounced flou"er) |
| 4 | f l ou" er | flour. |
| 3 | -l ou" er | glower. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fowler, reflow, wolfer. | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-l-o-r-w" | |
-1 letter: lower, rowel. | |
-2 letters: flew, floe, flow, fore, fowl, froe, frow, lore, lowe, orle, role, rolf, wolf, wore. | |
-3 letters: elf, fer, few, foe, for, fro, low, ole, ore, owe, owl, ref, roe, row, woe. | |
-4 letters: ef, el, er, lo, oe, of, or, ow, re, we, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-l-o-r-w" | |
+1 letter: felwort, flowers, flowery, fowlers, reflown, reflows, werwolf, wolfers. | |
+2 letters: beflower, deflower, felworts, fleawort, flowered, flowerer, floweret, follower, furbelow, leafworm, lifework, lowlifer, overflew, overflow, powerful, reflowed, reflower, werewolf. | |
+3 letters: afterglow, beflowers, dayflower, deflowers, falsework, fieldwork, fleaworts, flowerage, flowerbed, flowerers, flowerets, flowerful, flowerier, flowerily, flowering, flowerpot, flowmeter, followers, furbelows, interflow, leafworms, lifeworks, lowlifers, mayflower, overflown, overflows, reflowers, reflowing, safflower, sunflower, underflow, waterfowl, woefuller, wolfberry, wonderful. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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