Definition of Flowers

1. Noun. (plural of flower) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of flower) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flowers

1. flower [v] - See also: flower

Medical Definition of Flowers

1. A mineral substance in a powdery state after sublimation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flowers

flowering spurge
flowering stone
flowering tobacco
flowering tree
flowering wintergreen
flowerings
flowerless
flowerlessness
flowerlike
flowerpecker
flowerpeckers
flowerpetal
flowerpetals
flowerpot
flowerpots
flowers (current term)
flowers-of-an-hour
flowers of antimony
flowers of benzoin
flowers of sulfur
flowers of sulphur
flowers of wine
flowers of zinc
flowery
floweth
flowfield
flowfields
flowier
flowiest
flowing

Literary usage of Flowers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"One of the loveliest trees in the world is the tulip tree, with its cup-like flowers of yellow, marked with orange, and this noble tree reaches its greatest ..."

2. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1877)
"J " " CUPHEA PURPUREA — crossed and self-fertilised flowers) „, yielded seeds as / " " ' PASSIFLORA GRACILIS—crossed and self-fertilised flowers) „. yielded ..."

3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1899)
"Who is there that does not ¡oye flowers! It is a universal instinct given us ... God. when he made this earth, sprinkled it bountifully with flowers of ..."

4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE flowers. Л FRAGMENT. THE care of gardens, and the garden's pride To rear the blooming flowers, invites the Mate; A grateful task! To thee, O Hume, ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"One stem bore two flowers near the top and another three. On a much larger scale I am collecting plants for a wild garden on the bank of a brook and a small ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"CP Hartley presented a paper on 'The Pollenation of Immature flowers,' saying that, in order to save labor, plant breeders sometimes apply pollen to flowers ..."

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