(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).
Lily
Definition:
(n.) A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a superior three-celled ovary.
(n.) A name given to handsome flowering plants of several genera, having some resemblance in color or form to a true lily, as Pancratium, Crinum, Amaryllis, Nerine, etc.
(n.) That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Between having Lily and promoting Fish Tank, Jarvis has done a lot of growing up in the past year.
(2) An area on top of a hill near to the spot where Sharon was laid to rest alongside his late wife, Lily, was penned off with crash barriers.
(3) In any case, the Brits are a notoriously lily-livered shower when it comes to workplace politics, too craven to strike – [note to non-British readers: we're a sorry servile bunch, we don't like it up us] - and as a result, poor John's failed coup has led to him becoming the most reviled union leader in British history, ahead of the excellent Bob Crow, the much misunderstood Arthur Scargill, and Gary Neville.
(4) The launch of the streaming service Tidal has been met with criticism from artists such as Lily Allen, Mumford & Sons and producer Steve Albini.
(5) Lily Allen has been pictured vaping, as has Cara Delevingne .
(6) I learned quickly I was very vulnerable': Lily Allen with her husband Sam Cooper.
(7) Lily Caprani, deputy executive director at Unicef UK, called the result “hugely disappointing” and said the loss of legal schemes made children more vulnerable to traffickers.
(8) Politicians across all parties need to do more to engage the young voters of the future, because ensuring that their voices are heard and that their needs are central to manifestos is vital for a fair and progressive society.” Play Video 1:32 Jeremy Corbyn appears at music festival at Tranmere Rovers ground – video Numerous celebrities including Lily Allen, Stephen Hawking, Brian May, Steve Coogan, Danny DeVito, Liam Gallagher, Ricky Gervais, David Gilmour, Mark Ruffallo, and Rag’n’Bone Man endorsed Corbyn in the course of the election.
(9) It reminds us of what our relatives went through.” The schoolteacher: Lili Mastichiadou, 58 Like many in her country, Mastichiadou has been appalled by the tragedy lapping at Greece’s shores.
(10) Ironically, it was only after she died that he and Linda were granted the council flat Lily had fought for unsuccessfully for 17 years.
(11) The Welch warbler does it and I believe that's all the bases covered: Bitta street cred with Dizzee, NME fodder with Kasabian, bitta Brit pop with JLS and prizes for the new wave of British female performers (Lily, Florence).
(12) It's like what happened to Lily [Allen] when she got famous..." For three years Enfield lived with Allen's mother, Alison Owen, and became "common-law step dad" to her children.
(13) With the exception of the subgenera Korolkowi, a supposed link between lilies and fritillaries, and chromsome complements of all plants contained bands.
(14) Out of Little Mix, Amelia Lily and Marcus Collins, who does she think will win?
(15) Lily Cole and Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales at the launch of Web Index in London last year.
(16) This suggests an involvement of a calmodulin-dependent Ca2+ pump in generation of the Ca2+ gradient in lily pollen tubes.
(17) Underlying Echinococcus infection was suspected when repeat radiology of his chest showed a water lily sign, and this diagnosis was confirmed at thoracotomy.
(18) How different might Lily, might pop music be, today?
(19) But they were not tired-and-emotional, and for such mannerly foreigners to have been given a practical definition of that local idiom would have been gilding the lily.
(20) It is said that Bach’s lily-livered reluctance to push for a ban stems not only from his own close relationship with Vladimir Putin – those pictures of them clinking champagne glasses like newlyweds or whooping it up with other authoritarian leaders at opening ceremonies in Sochi and Baku threaten to define him – but from his own experiences as an athlete.