Definition of: flower

(flou′ər, flour) noun
1. Bot. a The organ, or the combination of organs of reproduction in a plant; blossom; bloom, b In mosses, the reproductive organs with their enveloped or associated leaves.
2. A blooming plant.
3. The brightest, finest, choicest part, period, or specimen of anything.
4. Any flowerlike ornament.
5. A flowery figure of speech.
6. plural A very light powder obtained by sublimation and usually a metallic oxide: flowers of antimony; flour (def. 3).
—v.i.
1. To put forth blossoms; bloom.
2. To come to full development: be at the full: The Renaissance flowered in Italy.
—v.t.
3. To decorate with flowers or a floral pattern. [<OF flour, flor <L flos, floris a flower]
—flow′er·er noun
—flow′er·less adjective
—flow′er·y adjective
—flow′er·i·ly adverb
—flow′er·i·ness noun