| blossom | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. bloom, blossom, flower | reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. |
| ~ angiosperm, flowering plant | plants having seeds in a closed ovary. |
| ~ floret, floweret | a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower). |
| ~ apetalous flower | flower having no petals. |
| ~ inflorescence | the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk. |
| ~ ray floret, ray flower | small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower. |
| ~ bud | a partially opened flower. |
| ~ stamen | the male reproductive organ of a flower. |
| ~ reproductive structure | the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction. |
| ~ pistil | the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma. |
| ~ carpel | a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil. |
| ~ ovary | the organ that bears the ovules of a flower. |
| ~ floral leaf | a modified leaf that is part of a flower. |
| ~ chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium | collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils. |
| ~ chrysanthemum | the flower of a chrysanthemum plant. |
| n. (time) | 2. bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ golden age | a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak.; "it was the golden age of cinema" |
| v. (change) | 3. bloom, blossom, flower | produce or yield flowers.; "The cherry tree bloomed" |
| ~ develop | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" |
| ~ effloresce, burst forth | come into or as if into flower.; "These manifestations effloresced in the past" |
| v. (change) | 4. blossom, blossom forth, blossom out, unfold | develop or come to a promising stage.; "Youth blossomed into maturity" |
| ~ develop | grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment.; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time" |
| flower | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. flower | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. |
| ~ angiosperm, flowering plant | plants having seeds in a closed ovary. |
| ~ bloomer | a flower that blooms in a particular way.; "a night bloomer" |
| ~ paeony, peony | any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers. |
| ~ lesser celandine, pilewort, ranunculus ficaria | perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles. |
| ~ adonis annua, pheasant's-eye | Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers. |
| ~ anemone, windflower | any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves. |
| ~ anemonella thalictroides, rue anemone | woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate. |
| ~ aquilege, aquilegia, columbine | a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains. |
| ~ consolida ambigua, delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur | commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium. |
| ~ delphinium | any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances. |
| ~ nigella | any plant of the genus Nigella. |
| ~ peace lily, spathe flower, spathiphyllum | any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental. |
| ~ arum lily, calla, calla lily, zantedeschia aethiopica | South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix. |
| ~ sandwort | low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens. |
| ~ garden pink, pink | any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers. |
| ~ babies'-breath, baby's breath, gypsophila paniculata | tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers. |
| ~ lychnis, catchfly | mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone. |
| ~ moehringia lateriflora, sandwort | low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers. |
| ~ moehringia mucosa, sandwort | loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe. |
| ~ bouncing bess, bouncing bet, hedge pink, saponaria officinalis, soapwort | plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised. |
| ~ campion, catchfly, silene | any plant of the genus Silene. |
| ~ cow cockle, cowherb, saponaria vaccaria, vaccaria hispanica, vaccaria pyramidata | European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort. |
| ~ fig marigold, pebble plant | any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers. |
| ~ globe amaranth, gomphrena globosa, bachelor's button | tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color. |
| ~ nyctaginia capitata, scarlet musk flower | viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers. |
| ~ umbrellawort | a plant of the genus Mirabilis. |
| ~ four o'clock | any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon. |
| ~ portulaca | a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers. |
| ~ carolina spring beauty, claytonia caroliniana | similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America. |
| ~ clatonia lanceolata, spring beauty | small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm. |
| ~ claytonia virginica, virginia spring beauty | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America. |
| ~ cheiranthus cheiri, erysimum cheiri, wallflower | perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum. |
| ~ prairie rocket | any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers. |
| ~ wallflower | any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers. |
| ~ prairie rocket | any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers. |
| ~ cheiranthus asperus, erysimum arkansanum, erysimum asperum, western wall flower | biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus. |
| ~ heliophila | any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes. |
| ~ damask violet, dame's violet, hesperis matronalis, sweet rocket | long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America. |
| ~ candytuft | any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region. |
| ~ lobularia maritima, sweet alison, sweet alyssum | perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers; widely grown in gardens. |
| ~ malcolm stock, stock | any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia. |
| ~ malcolmia maritima, virginia stock, virginian stock | erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania. |
| ~ gillyflower, stock | any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers. |
| ~ schizopetalon, schizopetalon walkeri | a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers. |
| ~ poppy | annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers. |
| ~ corydalis | a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers. |
| ~ glaucium flavum, horn poppy, horned poppy, sea poppy, yellow horned poppy | yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America. |
| ~ composite plant, composite | considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers. |
| ~ ageratum | any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers. |
| ~ amberboa moschata, centaurea moschata, sweet sultan | Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea. |
| ~ ammobium | any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage. |
| ~ african daisy | any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers. |
| ~ arctotis stoechadifolia, arctotis venusta, blue-eyed african daisy | bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color. |
| ~ aster | any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers. |
| ~ daisy | any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl. |
| ~ brachycome iberidifolia, swan river daisy | western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays. |
| ~ calendula | any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes. |
| ~ callistephus chinensis, china aster | valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors; grown primarily for cutting. |
| ~ catananche | any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers. |
| ~ bachelor's button, bluebottle, centaurea cyanus, cornflower | an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers. |
| ~ centaurea imperialis, sweet sultan | perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers. |
| ~ chrysanthemum | any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated. |
| ~ ageratum, conoclinium coelestinum, eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower | rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium. |
| ~ cosmea, cosmos | any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals. |
| ~ brass buttons, cotula coronopifolia | South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental. |
| ~ billy buttons | any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand. |
| ~ dahlia, dahlia pinnata | any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia. |
| ~ cape marigold, star of the veldt, sun marigold | any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage. |
| ~ coneflower | any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center. |
| ~ blue daisy, blue marguerite, felicia amelloides | hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays. |
| ~ felicia bergeriana, kingfisher daisy | softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays. |
| ~ filago, cotton rose, cudweed | any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads. |
| ~ gazania | any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers. |
| ~ african daisy | African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers. |
| ~ helianthus, sunflower | any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays. |
| ~ layia platyglossa, tidy tips, tidytips | California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white. |
| ~ chrysanthemum leucanthemum, leucanthemum vulgare, marguerite, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, white daisy, oxeye daisy | tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum. |
| ~ lindheimera texana, texas star | Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads. |
| ~ african daisy, lonas annua, lonas inodora, yellow ageratum | shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers. |
| ~ cineraria, pericallis cruenta, senecio cruentus | herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers. |
| ~ florest's cineraria, pericallis hybrida | herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue. |
| ~ coneflower | any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones. |
| ~ white-topped aster | herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits. |
| ~ cornflower aster, stokes' aster, stokesia laevis | erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers. |
| ~ marigold | any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers. |
| ~ chrysanthemum coccineum, painted daisy, tanacetum coccineum, pyrethrum | spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum. |
| ~ mexican sunflower, tithonia | any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays. |
| ~ easter daisy, stemless daisy, townsendia exscapa | dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona. |
| ~ ursinia | any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers. |
| ~ xeranthemum | any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers. |
| ~ old maid flower, zinnia, old maid | any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads. |
| ~ blazing star, mentzelia laevicaulis, mentzelia livicaulis | biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning. |
| ~ bartonia, mentzelia lindleyi | annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers. |
| ~ orchid, orchidaceous plant | any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors. |
| ~ cyclamen, cyclamen purpurascens | Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals. |
| ~ cyclamen hederifolium, cyclamen neopolitanum, sowbread | common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers. |
| ~ shortia | any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers. |
| ~ centaury | any of various plants of the genus Centaurium. |
| ~ gentian | any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis. |
| ~ begonia | any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes. |
| ~ sparaxis tricolor, wandflower | a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers. |
| ~ bessera elegans, coral drops | half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers. |
| ~ christmas bells | any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers. |
| ~ bellwort, merry bells, wild oats | any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers. |
| ~ polianthes tuberosa, tuberose | a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers. |
| ~ commelina | any plant of the genus Commelina. |
| ~ scabiosa, scabious | any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa. |
| ~ lithophragma affine, lithophragma affinis, tellima affinis, woodland star | California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima. |
| ~ achimenes, hot water plant | any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias. |
| ~ alsobia dianthiflora, episcia dianthiflora, lace-flower vine | low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia. |
| ~ african violet, saintpaulia ionantha | tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers. |
| ~ streptocarpus | any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses. |
| ~ phacelia, scorpion weed, scorpionweed | any plant of the genus Phacelia. |
| ~ snapdragon | a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon. |
| ~ calceolaria, slipperwort | any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip. |
| ~ gerardia | any plant of the genus Gerardia. |
| ~ butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, linaria vulgaris, toadflax, wild snapdragon | common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America. |
| ~ speedwell, veronica | any plant of the genus Veronica. |
| ~ browallia, bush violet | any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers. |
| ~ petunia | any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers. |
| ~ butterfly flower, poor man's orchid, schizanthus | any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers. |
| ~ verbena, vervain | any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers. |
| ~ valerian | a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers. |
| ~ centranthus ruber, french honeysuckle, red valerian | European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers. |
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