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flower

flo·wer

UK/ˈfləʊə/ US/ˈfloʊɚ/ common slang

noun

1.

a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

verb

1.

produce or yield flowers

  • “The cherry tree bloomed”
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Origin

From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom. Partly displaced native Old English blostma (which is cognate), whence Modern English blossom.

Phrases

  • animal flower
  • arcigera flower moth
  • Bach flower remedy
  • Bach flower therapy
  • ball flower
  • balloon flower
  • bat flower
  • Bill Gates' flower fly
  • corpse flower
  • flowering ash
  • flowering desert
  • flowering dogwood

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