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Flow"er (flou"&etilde_;r), 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.
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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.
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&hand_; If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly, an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens, consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther, in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower, and consists generally of three principal parts; one or more compartments at the base, each containing one or more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must find its way in order to fertilize the flower. Sir J. Lubbock.
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3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
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The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain.
Hooker.
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The flower of the chivalry of all Spain.
Southey.
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A simple maiden in her flower
Is worth a hundred coats of arms.
Tennyson.
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4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.]
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The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue.
Arbuthnot.
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5. pl. (Old Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
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6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
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7. pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. W. Savage.
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8. pl. Menstrual discharges. Lev. xv. 24.
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Animal flower (Zo&ö;l.) See under Animal. -- Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet. -- Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers. -- Flower beetle (Zo&ö;l.), 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. -- Flower bird (Zo&ö;l.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters. -- Flower bud, an unopened flower. -- Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time. -- Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of the daisy. -- Flower pecker (Zo&ö;l.), one of a family (Dicæidæ) of small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble humming birds in habits. -- Flower piece. (a) A table ornament made of cut flowers. (b) (Fine Arts) A picture of flowers. -- Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that supports the flower or fructification.
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Flow"er (flou"&etilde_;r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowered (flou"&etilde_;rd); 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.
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2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.
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Their lusty and flowering age.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
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When flowered my youthful spring.
Spenser.
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3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
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That beer did flower a little.
Bacon.
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4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]
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Observations which have flowered off.
Milton.
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Flow"er, v. t. To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.
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