flower

Signification

Noun

1. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
2. A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
3. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
4. The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
5. Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
6. The vulva, especially the labia majora.
7. The best examples or representatives of a group.
8. The best state of things; the prime.
9. (obsolete) Flour.
10. (obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
11. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
12. Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
13. (obsolete) Menstrual discharges.
14. A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
15. Credit, recognition.

Verb

1. To put forth blooms.
2. To decorate with pictures of flowers.
3. To reach a state of full development or achievement.
4. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
5. To come off as flowers by sublimation.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈflaʊ.ə/

Étymologie

From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of flour.
Partly displaced native Old English blostma, whence Modern English blossom.

Phrases

It is the county flower of the English county of Cheshire .

C'est la fleur du comté du comté anglais de Cheshire.