Meaning

• 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