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Definition of Flower power
1. Noun. A counterculture of young people in the US during the 1960s and 70s.
Definition of Flower power
1. Noun. A counterculture started in the United States in the 1960s, advocating peace and love over militarism and materialism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flower Power
Literary usage of Flower power
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ibiza Formentera Explore the World by GeoCenter International Limited, Roland Mischke, Berthold Schwarz (2001)
"But remnants of flower power euphoria are still preserved on Ibiza today.
The first hippie market took place in 1972 on the grounds of the Punta Arabi ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1868)
"... in case of a new fruit or flower, power to call in aid two other men to examine
any and every new fruit or flower or vegetable in its native locality, ..."
3. The Harp of Perthshire: A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical by Robert Ford (1893)
"... sweet flower. power; I have lived two score years in this world, and I well
know Every wile and each art that o'er beauty hath power ; And though they ..."
4. Physics, Theoretical and Descriptive by Henry Clifford Cheston, James Stewart Gibson, Charles E. Timmerman (1906)
"If one motor does more work in unit time than another, the first motor is said
to have the greater flower. Power is the rate of doing work, or the quantity ..."
5. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and by Alexander John Ellis (1869)
"... to dwell on is the persistence of the (uu) sound. оге = (uu) in : down, town,
crown, tower, now, trowsers, how, flower, power, drowned, cow, sow, bow ». ..."
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