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flower en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

[ˈfluː.ɐ] (Northumbria)
/ˈflaː(r)/ (India)
/ˈfluː.ɐ/ (Northumbria)
[ˈflɐ.wə(r)] (India)
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/ˈflawə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
[ˈflaː.ɚ] ~ [ˈflaː.ɹ̩] Pittsburgh, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈflaː(r)] (India)
/ˈflɐ.ʋə(r)/ (India)
/ˈflɐ.wə(r)/ (India)
[ˈflæʊ̯.ə] Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
[ˈflɐ.ʋə(r)] (India)
[ˈflæʊ̯.ɚ] ~ [ˈflæʊ̯.ɹ̩] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, /aʊ̯/-fronting
[ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ] ~ [ˈflaʊ̯.ɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
[ˈflaʊ̯.ə] (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈflaʊ̯.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈflæʊ̯.ə/ Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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[ˈflaː.ə] General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ˈflæʊ̯.ɚ/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈflaː.ɚ/ Pittsburgh, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ˈflaː.ə/ General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
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Etymology

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.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
- O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot / How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize: / Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot / That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes. 1653, William Basse, “Clio, or The First Muse; in 9 Eglogues in Honor of 9 Vertues. As It was in His Dayes Intended. [Munday. Laurinella. Eglogue. Of True and Chast Love.]”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, The Pastorals and Other Workes of William Basse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts, Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n.], published 1870, →OCLC:
- The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows. 1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC:
(countable, uncountable) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
- You know, Darwin studied their fertilisation, and showed that the whole structure of an ordinary orchid flower was contrived in order that moths might carry the pollen from plant to plant. 1894, H. G. Wells, The Flowering of the Strange Orchid:
(countable, uncountable) A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
- We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(uncountable, usually, with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
- The dogwoods are in flower this week.
(countable, euphemistic, familiar, uncountable) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
- "Our flesh as one!" he laughed, speaking loudly. "Sweating bodies entwined in carnal passion! As I plunge myself deep into her lady flower, again and again and again— !" 2019, Shaun Barger, Mage Against the Machine, page 146:
- [F]or ſtill, that my virgin-flower was yet uncrop'd never once enter'd into his head, and he would have thought it idling with time and words to have queſtion'd me upon it. 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 106:
- So was it asserted, that whenever a maiden was destined to die unmarried, as surely would the plant wither away and perish, and if a dughter of the Renseccos lost her honour or had given away her flower to an unworthy lover, then would the flower be blighted overnight. 1893, Emily Gerard, The Voice of a Flower, page 44:
- In some local tradditions a fallen bride was married wearing a crown of straw rather than a garland of flowers, to symbolize her loss of virginity – the wilting of her flower. 2018, Satu Lidman, Gender, Violence and Attitudes: Lessons from Early Modern Europe:
(countable, uncountable) The best examples or representatives of a group.
- At Floddon hyllys, / Our bowys, our byllys / Slew all the floure / Of theyr honoure. 1513, John Skelton, Agaynst the Scottes; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 116, lines 25–28:
- The choice and flower of all things profitable in other Bookes, the Pſalmes doe both more briefly contayne, and more mouingly alſo expreſſe, by reason of that Poeticall forme wherewith they are written. 1597 [1593–1662], Richard Hooker, “The fifth Booke”, in Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, page 258:
- In times of peace, so clean and bright, / And with a new-washed morning face, / He walked Pall Mall, a goodly sight, / The finished flower of all the race. 1915, Katharine Tynan, The Golden Boy:
- the flower of the chivalry of all Spain 1808, Robert Southey, Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish:
(countable, uncountable) The best state of things; the prime.
- NO lady fair in hall or bower, / In days when knighthood was in flower, / Or high-born dame with jewels set, / Or Tudor or Plantagenet, / E’er wore enwreath’d on form and face / Thy royal robe of richest grace. 1899, James [Mackintosh] Kennedy, “To Queen Alexandra”, in The Scottish and American Poems of James Kennedy, J[ohn] S[tuart] Ogilvie Publishing Company, […], page 197:
- A simple maiden in her flower / Is worth a hundred coats-of-arms. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Lady Clara Vere de Vere”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 156:
- She was in the flower of her life.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) Flour.
- The Flovvers of Grains mix'd vvith VVater vvill make a ſort of Glue. 1731, John Arbuthnot, “Of the Different Intentions to be Pursued in the Choice of Aliment in Different Constitutions”, in An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, prop[osition] VII, page 185:
(countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
- Exposed to a moderate fire in subliming pots, [brimstone] rises all into dry, and almost tasteless, flowers; whereas being exposed to a naked fire, it affords store of a saline and fretting liquor. 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:
- the flowers of sulphur
(countable, poetic, uncountable) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
- flowers of rhetoric
(countable, uncountable) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
- I pointed out to the late Mr. Catherwood, of the firm of Caslon and Catherwood, the inconvenience of both these modes of cutting flowers, 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing:
(countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable) Menstrual discharges.
- And if any man lye with her at all, and her flowers be vpon him, hee shall be vncleane seuen dayes: and all the bed whereon he lyeth, shall be vncleane. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 15:24:
(countable, uncountable) A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
- […] she whispered leaning over and kissing her forehead; and then added, 'Mummy loves you, precious flower.' 2015, Sally Chiwuzie, Silent Symphonies:
- “Take care of yourself out there, Brown, you delicate flower.” 2016, Barbara Ann Wright, Paladins of the Storm Lord:
- “Come on, you delicate flower, we just need to nap. It will be fine.” 2021, Alica McKenna-Johnson, The Unicorn's Scion:
(countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable) Credit, recognition.
- Gonzalo managed to fake a smile. When will anyone ever give him his flowers? His hard work kept him and his kingdom this far. Wasn't anyone going to acknowledge the fact? 2023, Torry Smith, Alpha's Unexpected Luna:
- Sabrina Carpenter is, finally, getting her flowers. Ever since demurely (I don't use that word lightly!!!) performing what would become the song of 2024 as part of her Coachella set—no, literally, "Espresso" just won the MTV Video Music Award for Song of the Year—all eyes have been on 'Brina. 2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan:
- to give someone his flowers; to get one's flowers
- I was able to give Coach Bryant his flowers while he was alive, and I have always been thankful I was able to do that. 2011, Tommy Hicks, Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide, page 149:
- It has been my desire to find a way to express my gratitude to these women for quite some time but I really did not know how to give them their flowers as a method to tell them thanks. 2010, M. Joyce Dickerson, A Tribute to 101 Incredible Women of Distinction Who Influenced My Life From My House to the White House:
(slang, uncountable) Cannabis.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flow'r		alternative, archaic, poetic	lexicographic
flowre		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
flowers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Synonyms

cream (best examples) · flower · head (inflorescence that resembles a flower) · blossom · prime (best state of things) · bloom · pseudanthium (inflorescence that resembles a flower)

Translations (449)

xmf პეული (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ia flor (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · br bleunienn (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · mnc ᡳᠯᡥᠠ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · fo blomstur (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ar وَرْدَة (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · sg kongö (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · af blom (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · sah сибэкки (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · kg fololo (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · zu imbali (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · sma rïesege (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · io floro (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · atv чакайак (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · mwl frol (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ar وَرْدَة (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · mba bulak (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · yua lool (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · nrf flieur (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · nv chʼil bílátah hózhóón (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · kaw kĕmbang (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ayz tafuf (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · mdh ulak (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · tt гөл (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · luy liua (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · bh ফুল (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · tyz hoa (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · msk bolak (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · te పుష్పము (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · gl fror (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · tyz bjoóc (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · rup lilice (roa-rup) (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · okm 곶 (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · sv blomma (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · so ubax (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · xal цецгә (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ky гүл (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · th ดอก (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · se rássi (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · gd flùr (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ain ノンノ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · atv дьакайак (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · arc ܗܒܬܐ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · kmr kulîlk (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · djk boomiki (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · uz gul (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · mww paj (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · rup floari (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · lt žiedas (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · rm flur (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · khb ᦡᦸᧅᧈ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · be кве́тка (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · tum luwa (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · lez гуьл (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · wuh maidok (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · sc flore (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · vi bông (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · pam sampaga (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · st palesa (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · zh хуар (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · bcl burak (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ml പൂവ് (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ne फूल (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · lg ekimuli (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · oj waabigwaniin (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · id bunga (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · eo floro (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · kha syntiew (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · fi kukka (plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood) · hi फूल (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · naq ǃkhas (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · chr ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · sc fiòre (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ml അലർ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · mg voninkazo (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · hsb kwět (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · xsr མེན་ཏོག (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · nv chʼilátah baa hózhónii (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · khb ᦡᦸᧅᧈᦺᦙᧉ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ain トㇺ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ig ìfulū (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · nn blomster (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · roa-tar fiure (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · pap flor (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ru цвето́к (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · rom luludǐ (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · yai гул (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · grc ἄνθος (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · de Blume (plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood) · ny duwa (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · frm fleur (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · fr fleur (reproductive structure in angiosperms) · ba сәскә (plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood) · lv zieds (reproductive structure 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flower en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

[ˈfluː.ɐ] (Northumbria)
/ˈflaː(r)/ (India)
/ˈfluː.ɐ/ (Northumbria)
[ˈflɐ.wə(r)] (India)
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/ˈflawə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
[ˈflaː.ɚ] ~ [ˈflaː.ɹ̩] Pittsburgh, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
[ˈflaː(r)] (India)
/ˈflɐ.ʋə(r)/ (India)
/ˈflɐ.wə(r)/ (India)
[ˈflæʊ̯.ə] Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
[ˈflɐ.ʋə(r)] (India)
[ˈflæʊ̯.ɚ] ~ [ˈflæʊ̯.ɹ̩] Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, /aʊ̯/-fronting
[ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ] ~ [ˈflaʊ̯.ɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
[ˈflaʊ̯.ə] (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈflaʊ̯.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈflæʊ̯.ə/ Australia, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting
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[ˈflaː.ə] General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ˈflæʊ̯.ɚ/ Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, /aʊ̯/-fronting
/ˈflaː.ɚ/ Pittsburgh, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ˈflaː.ə/ General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization
/ˈflaʊ̯.ɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
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Etymology

Meanings

(intransitive) To put forth blooms.
- This plant flowers in June.
(transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers.
(intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement.
- when flowr'd my youthful spring 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC:
- In life after life of this now-expanded circle of women artists, writers and revolutionaries, the same appeared: a flowing of creative insight and vision seemed the follow a sexual flowering. 2012, Naomi Wolf, Vagina: A New Biography, page 43:
- It only needed watering to take root, to flower and to fructify, and the watering came in due course. 1940 Mahadev Desai, translator, Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography, Part III (IX) The Story of My Experiments with Truth/Part III/Simple Life, original published 1927-1929
(archaic, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
- That beer did flower a little. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
(intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
- observations which have flowered off [1644], [John Milton], Of Education. To Master Samuel Hartlib, [London]: […] [Thomas Underhill and/or Thomas Johnson], →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flowers	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
flowering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
flowre		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
flow'r		alternative, archaic, poetic	lexicographic
flowered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
flowered	Tense=Past		lexicographic

Deriveds

wildflower · flowering desert · flowering dogwood · passionflower · flowery · flowering tea · wild flower · corpse flower · flower girl · sunflower · flowering plant · night-flowering jasmine · flowering ash · aflower · flowering rush · flowerpot · flowerbed

flora · inflorescence · floristics · florid · florist · floret · fleur · Flora

Synonyms

blossom (to put forth blooms) · flourish (reach a state of achievement) · bloom (to put forth blooms)

Translations (109)

el λουλουδίζω (to put forth blooms) · vec fiorir (to put forth blooms) · gl esbrochar (to put forth blooms) · uk кві́тнути (to put forth blooms) · he פָּרַח (to put forth blooms) · uk цвісти́ (to put forth blooms) · enm flouren (to put forth blooms) · sc fiorire (to put forth blooms) · gl florecer (to put forth blooms) · pt florescer (to put forth blooms) · ka აყვავება (to put forth blooms) · it fiorire (to put forth blooms) · de blühen (to put forth blooms) · sat ᱯᱷᱩᱞ (to put forth blooms) · oj baashkaabigwanii (to put forth blooms) · gl choridar (to put forth blooms) · grc ἀνθέω (to put forth blooms) · toi fulula (to put forth blooms) · nrf flieuthi (to put forth blooms) · nl openbloeien (to put forth blooms) · rm flurir (to put forth blooms) · fr s'épanouir (to put forth blooms) · ur کھلنا (to put forth blooms) · rm flureir (to put forth blooms) · ar أَزْهَرَ (to put forth blooms) · wa flori (to put forth blooms) · bg цъфтя (to put forth blooms) · el ανθίζω (to put forth blooms) · chr ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎦ (to put forth blooms) · ml പൂവിടുക (to put forth blooms) · lb bléien (to put forth blooms) · dlm inflorer (to put forth blooms) · mr फूल (to put forth blooms) · kl sikkerneq (to put forth blooms) · cs kvést (to put forth blooms) · gl rosear (to put forth blooms) · bcl mamurak (to put forth blooms) · ast florecer (to put forth blooms) · sc florire (to put forth blooms) · hy ծաղկել (to put forth blooms) · mt iffjorixxa (to put forth blooms) · se lieđđut (to put forth blooms) · es florecer (to put forth blooms) · id mekar (to put forth blooms) · sw -chaunua (to put forth blooms) · scn ciuriri (to put forth blooms) · sc fioriri (to put forth blooms) · tr çiçeklenmek (to put forth blooms) · scn nzagarari (to put forth blooms) · ml പുഷ്പിക്കുക (to put forth blooms) · vo florön (to put forth blooms) · kw bleujyowa (to put forth blooms) · sv blomma (to put forth blooms) · oc florir (to put forth blooms) · iu erkpakpok (to put forth blooms) · sat ᱵᱟᱦᱟ (to put forth blooms) · th แตกปลี (to put forth blooms) · da blomstre (to put forth blooms) · scn aggigghiari (to put forth blooms) · ja 咲く (to put forth blooms) · sk kvitnúť (to put forth blooms) · ka აყვავილება (to put forth blooms) · ja 開花する (to put forth blooms) · id berkembang (to put forth blooms) · lt žydėti (to put forth blooms) · la efflorescō (to put forth blooms) · nl bloeien (to put forth blooms) · gl churir (to put forth blooms) · pt florir (to put forth blooms) · el ανθώ (to put forth blooms) · uz gul (to put forth blooms) · ru цвести́ (to put forth blooms) · ia florescer (to put forth blooms) · lv ziedēt (to put forth blooms) · es florescer (to put forth blooms) · ko 피다 (to put forth blooms) · ar إِزْدَهَرَ (to put forth blooms) · br bleuniañ (to put forth blooms) · hak 開花 /开花 (to put forth blooms) · ia florer (to put forth blooms) · yue 開花 /开花 (to put forth blooms) · ca florir (to put forth blooms) · is blómstra (to put forth blooms) · ba сәскә атыу (to put forth blooms) · sw -sitawi (to put forth blooms) · ta பூ (to put forth blooms) · hu virágzik (to put forth blooms) · fi kukkia (to put forth blooms) · eo flori (to put forth blooms) · te పుష్పించు (to put forth blooms) · rup nflurescu (to put forth blooms) · tl mamulaklak (to put forth blooms) · th แย้ม (to put forth blooms) · la floreō (to put forth blooms) · sw -bariki (to put forth blooms) · mk цвета (to put forth blooms) · zh 開花 /开花 (to put forth blooms) · fr fleurir (to put forth blooms) · mi pua (to put forth blooms) · am አበበ (to put forth blooms) · sl cveteti (to put forth blooms) · fur florî (to put forth blooms) · unm òtaèwi (to put forth blooms) · gl recandear (to put forth blooms) · la florescō (to put forth blooms) · lb floréieren (to put forth blooms) · zh 開花 /开花 (to put forth blooms) · ro înflori (to put forth blooms) · pl kwitnąć (to put forth blooms)

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flower en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ˈfləʊə/ (UK)
/ˈfloʊɚ/ (US)
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Etymology

From flow + -er.

Meanings

(qualifier:especially crosswording, rare) Something that flows, such as a river.
- one that flows with force and speed; the fast flower 1959, Scottish Studies, volumes 3-4, page 92:
- Rhŏdănus, i, m. The Rhodanus (now Rhone); a river of Gaul [prob. a northern word, meaning “Swift-flower or Swift-passer”]. 1888, John T. White, The Seventh Book of Cæsar’s Gallic War with a Vocabulary, page 224:
- sará-yu, f. [swift flower: √sri] N. of a river (in Oudh), in C. gnly. û. 1893, Arthur A. MacDonnell, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 340:
- Leaving the weavers’ village behind you, and crossing the sandy bed of the Vengavati or ‘Swift-flower,’ which, however, contained not a drop of water, you reach the ancient Jain temple. 1886–1890, J. D. Rees, Narratives of Tours in India, page 340
- Bonnie partner with Scottish flower (5) [as a clue for CLYDE] 2019 August 24, Radio Times Crossword:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
flowre		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
flowers	Number=Plur		lexicographic
flow'r		alternative, archaic, poetic	lexicographic
flow-er		alternative	lexicographic

Holonyms

wreath · garland · bouquet · flowerbed

Hypernyms

plant

Hyponyms

floweret · floret

Meronyms

stamen · pedicel · pistil · sepal · petal · receptaculum · style · ovary · stigma

Appendix:Flowers

Synonyms

flower · blossom · bloom

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flower en · VERB · etymology 1

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flower en · NOUN · etymology 2

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