flower
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1. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | floret, floweret, |
| definition | : | a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | inflorescence, |
| definition | : | the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ray floret, ray flower, |
| definition | : | small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bud, |
| definition | : | a partially opened flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chrysanthemum, |
| definition | : | the flower of a chrysanthemum plant (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | stamen, |
| definition | : | the male reproductive organ of a flower (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | pistil, |
| definition | : | the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | carpel, |
| definition | : | a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | ovary, |
| definition | : | the organ that bears the ovules of a flower (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | floral leaf, |
| definition | : | a modified leaf that is part of a flower (noun.plant) |
2. a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | bloomer, |
| definition | : | a flower that blooms in a particular way (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | paeony, peony, |
| definition | : | any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lesser celandine, pilewort, ranunculus ficaria, |
| definition | : | perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | anemone, windflower, |
| definition | : | any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | anemonella thalictroides, rue anemone, |
| definition | : | woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aquilege, aquilegia, columbine, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | consolida ambigua, delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur, |
| definition | : | commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | delphinium, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nigella, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Nigella (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | peace lily, spathe flower, spathiphyllum, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sandwort, |
| definition | : | low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | garden pink, pink, |
| definition | : | any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | catchfly, lychnis, |
| definition | : | mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | moehringia mucosa, sandwort, |
| definition | : | loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fig marigold, pebble plant, |
| definition | : | any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | nyctaginia capitata, scarlet musk flower, |
| definition | : | viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | umbrellawort, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Mirabilis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | four o'clock, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | portulaca, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clatonia lanceolata, spring beauty, |
| definition | : | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | claytonia virginica, virginia spring beauty, |
| definition | : | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cheiranthus cheiri, erysimum cheiri, wallflower, |
| definition | : | perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | prairie rocket, |
| definition | : | any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | wallflower, |
| definition | : | any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | prairie rocket, |
| definition | : | any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | heliophila, |
| definition | : | any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | candytuft, |
| definition | : | any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | malcolm stock, stock, |
| definition | : | any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | malcolmia maritima, virginia stock, virginian stock, |
| definition | : | erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gillyflower, stock, |
| definition | : | any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | schizopetalon, schizopetalon walkeri, |
| definition | : | a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | poppy, |
| definition | : | annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | corydalis, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | composite, composite plant, |
| definition | : | considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ageratum, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ammobium, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | african daisy, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aster, |
| definition | : | any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | daisy, |
| definition | : | any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calendula, |
| definition | : | any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | callistephus chinensis, china aster, |
| definition | : | valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors; grown primarily for cutting (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | catananche, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | chrysanthemum, |
| definition | : | any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cosmea, cosmos, |
| definition | : | any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brass buttons, cotula coronopifolia, |
| definition | : | South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | billy buttons, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dahlia, dahlia pinnata, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | coneflower, |
| definition | : | any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cotton rose, cudweed, filago, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gazania, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | african daisy, |
| definition | : | African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | helianthus, sunflower, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lindheimera texana, texas star, |
| definition | : | Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | florest's cineraria, pericallis hybrida, |
| definition | : | herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | coneflower, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | white-topped aster, |
| definition | : | herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | marigold, |
| definition | : | any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mexican sunflower, tithonia, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | easter daisy, stemless daisy, townsendia exscapa, |
| definition | : | dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ursinia, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | xeranthemum, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | old maid, old maid flower, zinnia, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | orchid, orchidaceous plant, |
| definition | : | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cyclamen, cyclamen purpurascens, |
| definition | : | Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | shortia, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | centaury, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Centaurium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentian, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | begonia, |
| definition | : | any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sparaxis tricolor, wandflower, |
| definition | : | a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bessera elegans, coral drops, |
| definition | : | half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | christmas bells, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bellwort, merry bells, wild oats, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | polianthes tuberosa, tuberose, |
| definition | : | a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | commelina, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Commelina (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scabiosa, scabious, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | achimenes, hot water plant, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | streptocarpus, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | snapdragon, |
| definition | : | a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calceolaria, slipperwort, |
| definition | : | any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gerardia, |
| definition | : | any plant of the genus Gerardia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | browallia, bush violet, |
| definition | : | any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | petunia, |
| definition | : | any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | verbena, vervain, |
| definition | : | any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | valerian, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers (noun.plant) |
3. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun.time)
| hyponym | : | golden age, |
| definition | : | a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak (noun.time) |
4. produce or yield flowers (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | develop, |
| definition | : | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment (verb.change) |
5. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant)
6. a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | flowery, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or suggestive of flowers (adj.pert) |
7. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun.time)
8. produce or yield flowers (verb.change)
| derivation | : | bloom, blossom, flower, |
| definition | : | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | flower, |
| definition | : | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | bloomer, |
| definition | : | a flower that blooms in a particular way (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | bloom, blooming, |
| definition | : | the organic process of bearing flowers (noun.process) |
9. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant)
10. a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | flowery, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or suggestive of flowers (adj.pert) |
11. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (noun.time)
12. produce or yield flowers (verb.change)
| derivation | : | bloom, blossom, flower, |
| definition | : | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | flower, |
| definition | : | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | bloomer, |
| definition | : | a flower that blooms in a particular way (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | bloom, blooming, |
| definition | : | the organic process of bearing flowers (noun.process) |
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