1the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).
a flower together with its stalk, picked for use as a decoration:a bunch of flowers
[mass noun] the state or period in which a plant’s flowers have developed and opened:the roses were just coming into flower
Northern English informal used as a friendly form of address, especially to a young girl or woman:all right then, flower?
2 (the flower of) the finest individuals out of a number of people or things:he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire
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Universal
1(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom:Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October
[with object] induce (a plant) to produce flowers.
2be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly:she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother (as noun flowering)the flowering of Viennese intellectual life
