(n.) In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.
(n.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.
(n.) The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
(n.) Grain pulverized; meal; flour.
(n.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
(n.) A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
(n.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
(n.) Menstrual discharges.
(v. i.) To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
(v. i.) To come into the finest or fairest condition.
(v. i.) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
(v. i.) To come off as flowers by sublimation.
(v. t.) To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.
Example Sentences:
(1) Urban hives boom could be 'bad for bees' What happened: Two professors from a University of Sussex laboratory are urging wannabe-urban beekeepers to consider planting more flowers instead of taking up the increasingly popular hobby.
(2) A case is presented of deliberate chewing of the flowers of henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in the hope of producing euphoria, and an account is given of the poisoning so produced.
(3) Malvidin chloride (MC) a colouring agent from flowers of Malvaviscus conzattii Greenum was studied for male anti-fertility effects in adult langur monkeys (Presbytis entellus entellus Dufresne).
(4) At Wembley England fielded: Springett; Armfield, McNeil; Robson, Swan, Flowers; Douglas, Greaves, Smith, Haynes, Charlton.
(5) I believe Flower when he promises he would not repeat his mistake.
(6) In these tissues, the viral DNA replicated at the site of inoculation and was transported first to the roots, then to the shoot apex and to the neighboring leaves and the flowers.
(7) I salute you.” So clear-fall logging and burning of the tallest flowering forests on the planet, with provision for the dynamiting of trees over 80 metres tall, is an ultimate good in Abbott’s book of ecological wisdom.
(8) "They were the real flowers in the show - boys who I picked up in the park because they looked right."
(9) Parietaria judaica (Pellitory-of-the-Wall) is native to the U.K., flowering from June to September, but is not usually considered to be of any clinical importance by U.K. allergists.
(10) New management at Lifeline changed the expenses policy to make it legally compliant and asked Flowers to pay the money back.
(11) These are collected in her pollen baskets which she takes back to the nest to feed the young after fertilising the flowers.
(12) Angela Merkel , who turns 60 on Thursday, thanked a German reporter who sang the traditional birthday song at a news conference in Brussels, and revealed that other leaders had given her flowers.
(13) Frahm witnessed how every morning Weiwei puts a flower into the basket of a bicycle just outside his studio, which he will continue until he is free again to ride it out through the gates.
(14) It is that rare flower, a positive environmental story.
(15) Jane Baxter's stuffed courgette flowers Stuffed courgette flowers Photograph: Rob White You can't get much more summery than courgette flowers – Jane Baxter's take on these light crispy fried delights (use a vegetarian parmesan-style cheese ).
(16) This study documents a previously unrecognized potential source of occupational pesticide exposure and suggests that safety standards should be set for residue levels on cut flowers.
(17) We suggest that both vertical transmission of Ty1-copia group retrotransposons within plant lineages and horizontal transmission between different species have played roles in the evolution of Ty1-copia group retrotransposons in flowering plants.
(18) I cracked a few jokes because I thought we had been through such a terrible event we need to laugh.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A man lays flowers outside the synagogue in Copenhagen after two deadly shootings.
(19) The carcinogenic activity of petasitenine, a new pyrrolizidine alkaloid isolated from young flower stalk of Petasites japonicus, was studied in ACI rats.
(20) In both experiments, videotapes of model monkeys behaving fearfully were spliced so that it appeared that the models were reacting fearfully either to fear-relevant stimuli (toy snakes or a toy crocodile), or to fear-irrelevant stimuli (flowers or a toy rabbit).
Glower
Definition:
(v. i.) to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.
Example Sentences:
(1) Thank you for the congratulations,” he repeated twice, glowering at the people he described, with no great affection, as his “friends in the media”.
(2) In a small side room at the Guardian, with Al Pacino glowering from a poster above us, James Corden is performing a masterclass in modesty.
(3) General elections, however, were the time when all the grand inquisitor's talents as cross-examiner came on full display, when the televsion public saw "the scowling, frowning, glowering" Robin Day "with those cruel glasses" (Frankie Howerd's description), as well as the relieving shafts of humour.
(4) But the events in Iran are a stark reminder of the glowering presence of religion on the world stage, not just in the form of al-Qaida-style fanaticism.
(5) We sit next to an enlarged version of the author photo, featuring Schaal and Blomquist lounging in white bathrobes, glowering sexily at the camera.
(6) Phil Collins, looking like a builder sent to do a final check on the Wembley rebuild, glowers at the crowd and says "fuck" during a venomous version of Invisible Touch.
(7) For a long time, it had felt as though it was shaping up to be the most satisfying result of Mourinho’s new employment, but ultimately it was another occasion of steep frustration for Manchester United and their glowering manager, and a reminder of why Arsenal have become so difficult to beat in 2016, with only one league defeat on their travels since the start of the year.
(8) Mind you, he would have glowered at anyone like that in the absence of his real enemy, Theresa May .
(9) The glowering presence of the European parliament is already having more of an impact as it insists Barnier takes a hard line.
(10) Nathaniel longed to be a writer, but confessed that even as he did so he felt the burden of ancestral disapproval glowering at him for being a mere "teller of stories".
(12) Henceforward their threatening, glowering poses would provoke only derision.
(13) The Sunflower appeared four years back, blooming where previously the Tavern had glowered – one of the last pubs in Belfast to have Troubles-era security gates (“cages”) and cameras at its entrance.
(14) Or if you prefer pretty pictures to fine phrasing, you could always try and scroll through the glowering, brooding, posturing and relentless graphics of the obligatory All Access documentaries that Showtime have produced in the lead up to this one.
(15) Claire Danes is glowering at me through a subway window with a look in her eyes that makes me want to confess to crimes I never committed.
(16) They use my name to sell the festival,” he glowers.
(17) Neither I nor my wife, who was once a graduate student at Oriel, could recall the existence of a Rhodes statue at Oxford (though she vividly remembered a large portrait of Rhodes glowering down on students inside the college) – a reminder that imperial legacies are not necessarily less pernicious because they may be less obviously visible.
(18) "I am no rogue officer," he glowered, "nothing could be further from the truth."
(19) Their enormous fanbase marches over the hill to see them and promptly march away again, leaving Nine Inch Nails facing a half-empty field, helping Trent Reznor deliver a shortish but glowering, magnificent set perhaps aimed personally at whoever put them up against Disclosure .
(20) Haji-Ioannou's questions were read out by his spokesman Richard Shackleton, who appeared to be a little uncomfortable as the directors glowered at him from the podium.