Plural / 3rd person of flower. Showing the entry for flower.
flower
flo·wer
noun
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
verb
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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