Flower - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈflaʊər|  American pronunciation of the word flower
Brit.  |ˈflaʊə|  British pronunciation of the word flower

noun

- a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (syn: bloom, blossom)
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity (syn: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, heyday, peak, prime)

verb

- produce or yield flowers (syn: bloom, blossom)

Extra examples

We planted flowers in the garden.

He sent her a bouquet of flowers.

He wore a single flower in his lapel.

This tree flowers in early spring.

The plant will flower every other year.

His genius flowered at the university.

Flowers bloom.

Flowers fade.

They were in the flower of youth and beauty.

She flowered into young womanhood.

He wasn't interested in growing flowers in the garden.

She bent down and picked a flower.

The first night we met he gave me a bunch of flowers.

Bulbs that you plant in the autumn should flower the following spring.

Here we have the flower and outcome of Newton's induction.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: flower
he/she/it: flowers
present participle: flowering
past tense: flowered
past participle: flowered
noun
singular: flower
plural: flowers
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