" flowers "

[Noun]  | "flow*er" | \ ˈflau̇(-ə)r \

1: the specialized part of an angiospermous plant that occurs singly or in clusters, possesses whorls of often colorful petals or sepals, and bears the reproductive structures (such as stamens or pistils) involved in the development of seeds and fruit : blossom

2: a cluster of small flowers growing closely together that resembles and is often viewed as a single flower : inflorescence

3: a plant grown or valued for its flowers

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English flour, flur "blossom of a plant, prime of life, best of a class, ground grain free of bran," borrowed from Anglo-French flour, flur (also continental Old French), going back to Latin flōr-, flōs "flower, bloom, flourishing condition, choicest part, best of a class," going back to Indo-European *bhleh3-os, s-stem derivative from the verbal base *bhleh3- "bloom, break into flower" {mat|blow:3|};

[Noun]  | "ball-flow*er" | \ ˈbȯl-ˌflau̇(-ə)r \

1: an architectural ornament consisting of a ball in the flower-shaped hollow of a circular mold

Origin: 1827 ;

[Noun]  | "cardinal flower" 

1: a North American lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis) that bears a spike of brilliant red flowers

Origin: 1698 ;

[Noun]  | "cartwheel flower" 

1: giant hogweed

Origin: 1898 ;

[Noun]  | "corpse flower" 

1: a tropical perennial herb (Amorphophallus titanum) of the arum family that is native to Sumatra and produces a tall, erect, yellowish-white spadix partly enclosed by a showy, white-spotted, green spathe which opens during bloom to reveal a reddish-purple interior and emit an odor of rotting flesh —called also titan arum

Origin: 1938 ;

[Noun]  | "disk flower" 

1: one of the tubular flowers in the disk of a composite plant —called also disk floret

Origin: 1870 ;

[Noun]  | "moccasin flower" 

1: any of several lady's slippers (genus Cypripedium); especially : a once common woodland orchid (C. acaule) of eastern North America with pink or white moccasin-shaped flowers

Origin: 1680 ;

[Noun]  | "peacock flower" 

1: royal poinciana

Origin: 1884 ;

[Noun]  | "pincushion flower" 

1: any of several scabiouses (especially Scabiosa atropurpurea or S. columbaria)

Origin: 1856 ;

[Verb]  | "flower" 

1: develop

2: flourish

3: to produce flowers : blossom

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English flouren "(of a plant) to blossom, to bloom, be vigourous," derivative of flour, flur {see: |flour:1|flour:1};

[Noun]  | "flowers" 

[Noun]  | "flower" 

[Verb]  | "flowers" 

[Verb]  | "flower"