wikipedia
English
Image:Cactus in Bloom 01.jpg|thumb|Cactus flowers

Etymology
From ME. term|flour|langenm||flower, best of anything < OF. term|flor < Latin accusative term|florem|fl�rem|langla < nominative term|flos|fl�s|lang=la||flower < Proto-Indo-European base *term||bhlo-|to blossom, flourish, extended form of *term||bhel-|to thrive, bloom.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�fla��/, SAMPA|/flaU@`/
a|US IPA|/�fla��/
audio|en-us-flower.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|a��(r)

Homophones
flour

Noun
en-noun

1. botany A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), typically including sepals, petals, stamens, and ovary|ovaries; often conspicuously colourful.

#: 1894, w:H. G. Wells|H. G. Wells, s:The Flowering of the Strange Orchid|The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
#: You know, Darwin studied their fertilisation, and showed that the whole structure of an ordinary orchid flower was contrived in order that moths might carry the pollen from plant to plant.

1. vulgar|hypocoristic The vulva, especially the labia majora.
2. An inflorescence that resembles a flower, but actually contains many small florets, such as a sunflower.
3. A plant that bears flowers.

#: We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.

1. context|usually with in Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.

#: The dogwoods are in flower this week.

1. idiomatic The best examples or representatives of a group.

#: We selected the flower of the applicants.

1. idiomatic The best state of things; the prime.

#: She was in the flower of her life.

Synonyms
sense|inflorescence that resembles a flower head, pseudanthium
sense|best examples cream
sense|best state of things prime

trreq|Sinhala
Slovak: t-|sk|kvet|m
Slovenian: cvet
Spanish: t+|es|flor|f
Swahili: ua#Swahili|ua s, maua pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: t+|sv|blomma|c
Tagalog: bulaklak
trreq|Tahitian
Tamazight: ⴰ�ⴻⴷⴷ�ⴳ (ajeddig) m
Tamil malar,poo Category:Articles which need Tamil script
Telugu: t|te|ప�వ�వ�|scTelu (puvvu), t|te|ప�ష�పమ�|scTelu (pushpamu)
Thai: THchar|�อ� (dààwk), THchar|�อ��ม� (dààwk m��i)
trreq|Tibetan
trreq|Tongan
Turkish: t+|tr|çiçek
Ukrainian: �� (tsvit) m
Urdu: URchar|پھ�� unicode|(pʰool) m
Vietnamese: t+|vi|hoa|xs=Vietnamese
Volapük: flor
Welsh: blodyn m
Yiddish: ���� f, ק����� m
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. To put forth blooms.
2. idiomatic To reach a state of full development or great achievement.

Synonyms
sense|to put forth blooms bloom, blossom

Translations
trans-top|to put forth blooms
Arabic: ARchar|از�ر|أز���ر� (az-hára), ARchar|ازد�ر|إز�د���ر� (izdáhara)
Breton: bleuniañ
Bulgarian: ����� (ts�ftja)
Czech: t-|cs|kvést
Danish: blomstre
Dutch: t+|nl|bloeien, t-|nl|openbloeien
Finnish: t-|fi|kukkia
French: t+|fr|fleurir, t-|fr|s'épanouir
German: t+|de|blühen
Greek: ανθ� [an�θo�], ανθίζ� [an�θizo�], λο�λο�δίζ� [lulu�ðizo�]
Hebrew: פר� (parakh) vi; �פר�� (hifriikha) vt
Icelandic: t-|is|blómstra
Interlingua: florer, florescer
Inuktitut: erkpakpok
Indonesian: berkembang
Italian: t+|it|fiorire
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (��, sakú)
Korean: t-|ko|�� ��|trkkochi pida|scHang
Latin: florere; florescere (begin to blossom); efflorescere (break into bloom)
Maltese: t-|mt|iffjorixxa|xs=Maltese
Ojibwe: baashkaabigwanii
Polish: t-|pl|kwitn��
Portuguese: t-|pt|florir, t-|pt|florescer
Russian: t-|ru|�ве��и|trtsv�stí|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|cveteti
Spanish: t-|es|florecer
Swahili: t-|sw|-sitawi|xsSwahili, t-|sw|-bariki|xsSwahili, t-|sw|-chanua|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|blomma
Thai: THchar|�ย�ม (y��em), THchar|����ลี (dtààek bplee)
Urdu: URchar|کھ��ا unicode|(kʰiln�)
Volapük: florön
trans-bottom

Related terms
fleur
flora, Flora
floret
florid
florist
floristics
inflorescence

Derived terms
flowerbed
flower girl
flowerpot
flowery
passionflower
sunflower

See also
:Category:Flowers

Category:1000 English basic words

am:flower
ar:flower
zh-min-nan:flower
ca:flower
cs:flower
de:flower
el:flower
es:flower
fa:flower
fr:flower
fy:flower
ko:flower
hy:flower
hi:flower
io:flower
id:flower
it:flower
kk:flower
lt:flower
hu:flower
ja:flower
pl:flower
pt:flower
ru:flower
simple:flower
sr:flower
fi:flower
sv:flower
ta:flower
te:flower
vi:flower
tr:flower
uk:flower
zh:flower

• 2008-01-01 15:32 - Hyark - some et

Full Revision History