Definition of flower in English:

flower

noun ˈflaʊəˈflaʊ(ə)r

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).
〔植〕花
Example sentencesExamples
- Beetles did not move to unopened flowers as long as petals were covered by sepals.
- The bisexual flowers generally consist of carpels and staminodes inserted on the same whorl.
- At your feet you may see Dianella, a low growing plant which has white flowers with three petals.
- Pistillate flowers are polymorphic for dehiscence and sepal number.
- As for calculation of the selfing rate, self-pollination was with pollen from other flowers of the same plant.
- The sun poured gently down onto a flat stone, surrounded by brightly coloured flowers.
- Rose petals, lavender flowers, mint leaves and many other parts of plants are made into tea.
- I didn't see anything but green plants, brightly coloured flowers, and brown earth.
- Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.
- Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity.
- Anthers were isolated from flowers at anthesis and pollen grains were collected.
- In the field the plants displayed many flowers at full anthesis.
- The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductive processes.
- These cells may then become a new branch, or perhaps on a flower become petals and stamens.
- Males produce only staminate flowers with stamens and no vestigial pistils.
- Ethylene production from whole flowers, petals, and the gynoecium (ovary plus styles) was examined at a given time of senescence.
- These plants have pale yellow flowers with five petals and are insect pollinated.
- Though you might not guess it by looking at them, they are flowering plants, producing numerous tiny flowers without showy petals.
- The phenology index was calculated as the proportion of flowers with dehiscent stamens.
- Unisexual flowers with three white petals produce numerous stamens or carpels and both present floral nectar.
Synonyms
bloom, blossom, floweret, floret
1. 1.1 A flower together with its stalk, picked for use as a decoration.
  a bunch of flowers
  Example sentencesExamples
  A wreath of white roses from Princes William and Harry, and a wreath of flowers picked from Prince Charles' garden at his Highgrove Estate, ringed the altar on the floor.
  C'mon lads, when was the last time you bought a bunch of flowers?
  The simplicity of a ribbon-tied bunch of long stalk flowers is absolutely alluring.
  As I crossed the hospital grounds, I noticed some really beautiful flowers; I picked them up for my vase.
  Now even the sale of flowers and sweets is picking up on the net.
  On the first anniversary of Debbie's death, the tight-knit family came up to York together to lay flowers at the site of the accident.
  Should I go out and buy a bunch of flowers and lay them by the side of the pavement where poor sad Paul keeled over and breathed his last?
  Buy some scented candles, even go out and pick some flowers.
  Best of all, picking the flowers prolongs the flowering period, so both the inner gardener and the interior decorator in you will be happy.
  He picked up the flowers as if on a sudden impulse, and he winked at the old woman, as if he had some shining joke to share with her.
  She often goes there to buy fresh flowers to decorate her big residence.
  I picked up the flowers and smelt them gaily for extra effect, but he was already crying and too wrapped up in his own world to notice me.
  The pottery workshop is filled with exquisitely painted plates for decoration, with flowers and birds the main motifs.
  What I did was I picked flowers everywhere where he'd been and I pressed them in a book and I took them home to my mother, because it meant a lot more to her even than it did to me.
  And even Mr Hague's attempts to buy a bunch of flowers for his wife were hijacked.
  One day, as she was picking flowers while her sisters were gone, Hermaphroditus was passing through the countryside.
  Try to pick the flowers, bag and bin them to prevent seeding.
  She picked the flowers, the linens, the table service, the music, the program - everything.
  The carved decorations feature flowers, birds, animals, paintings and people's daily life.
  Nor was this the hothouse perfume of fashionable London ladies; it was the delicate fragrance of hundreds of spring flowers, all together in a warm room.
2. 1.2mass noun The state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened.
  开花（期）
  the roses were just coming into flower
  玫瑰刚开始开花。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Like many other giants, they are also wonderful to watch through the season as they keep on growing and then come into flower when more growth would seem impossible.
  By the end of October or early November they will be back into flower.
  The wood bursts into flower, one last miracle after a lifetime of miracles.
  Like the rest of the plants in this group, it comes into flower just as the large Rosa mundi, which blooms wonderfully once in June, has faded.
  I am going to try lifting and transplanting some now, before they come into flower.
  Be kind to the trees and they will bloom into flower for you and attract a flock of honeysuckers and a swarm of bees.
  It is a wonderful sight throughout the summer months as the different species come into flower.
  The people in charge of arranging such operations know full well that dandelions come into flower at much the same time as our daffodils and then take over as the daffodils fade away.
  Tubers were harvested on August 17, just as the plants were coming into flower and before the tubers were fully mature.
  And every summer the threat to livestock increases as the plant comes into flower in its millions.
  Because the protective coating needs time to break down, it takes longer to germinate than petunia seed in its natural state and, in consequence, comes into flower later.
  Although it germinates in May along with everything else, it seldom comes into flower before September, and if the weather is cold and wet it may not come into flower at all.
  Nor are cherries the only plants bursting into flower; camellia, iris, lotus and mustard flowers are abundant.
  While outside, I noticed that several spring plants are already well advanced and coming into flower.
  We are into the fourth month of the year, evenings are longer and the warm week we had after Easter has seen blossom trees coming into flower and potted plants in need of regular watering.
  Previous year's efforts are paying dividends - many plants that we had planted and given up on have finally come into flower.
  Different types of jasmine come into flower and turn your evenings magical.
  Bulbs planted late in winter come into flower in early summer.
  The daffodils seem to have gone over very quickly whilst spring bulbs like bluebells and wood anemones are rushing into flower.
  It has far outlasted the bowls of hyacinth and narcissi that came into flower at the same time.
3. 1.3Northern English informal Used as a friendly form of address, especially to a young girl or woman.
  〈英，非正式〉姑娘（尤用于友好地称呼女孩或年轻妇女）
  all right then, flower?
  Example sentencesExamples
  It’s all right flower, we'll be fine.
  While travelling to the North-East last year, I knew I was nearing my destination when the cashier at the motorway services called me 'Flower’
  ‘Good luck, flower,’ he said.
  Well, flower, when we moved here we couldn't afford Manchester rates.
  What's up then, flower?
2the flower ofThe finest individuals out of a number of people or things.
精英，优秀分子；精华，最好的部分
he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire
为实现帝国之梦，他糟蹋了法国的青年精英。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Of course I would forgive you, you are my youngest daughter, the flower of our family,’ Christiana cried.
- The Croats were defeated and left the flower of their nobility on the field.
- However, through no fault of the weapons designers, France did indeed send the flower of her youth off to war in August of 1914 armed with the obsolete Lebel M1886 - M93.
- It certainly is an evocative month for visiting Flanders, where the flower of European youth died in a morass of mud and blood in the First World War.
- First up to bat, then, is the flower of the British press, the Sun, which claims to have identified the intern in question and talked to her parents.
- From a country with only 3.5 million people, the troops - the flower of Albania's youth - represent the best Albania has to offer.
- No-one had been so consistently maniacal throughout the entire tournament or spilt more blood as he single-handedly destroyed the flower of Britain's youth.
- For the resurrection of this Isis, the Simphonie du Marais spared no effort, bringing together some excellent players and the flower of French Baroque singing.
- But Shanley is simply the flower of the sexual libertinism that our culture advocates in a million voices.
Synonyms
best, finest, top, pick, choice, choicest, prime, cream, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, first class, elite, elect
informal the tops

verb ˈflaʊəˈflaʊ(ə)r

[no object]

1(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.
（植物）开花
Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October
紫菀甚至迟至10月也能开花。
Example sentencesExamples
- Along the roadside were trees flowering gloriously, chiefly the magnificent African Tulip, with its spectacular orangey-red flowers.
- Dad had looked so lost when he joined our group at my sister's front gate on Monday, when Sue was talking to Alison about the oleanders which grow and flower so fully in the summer.
- In the cool spring of 1996, mild in comparison to 1814, apple trees flowered as late as early June..
- Twenty-seven trees flowered in the first year but only 18 did so in the second.
- The rose bush is flowering although it's still having a little trouble with aphids, which I used for target practise with my squirt gun yesterday.
- In some cases, the name simply implies that the species flowers earlier than other similar plants.
- One of the unlikely results of warmer seasons is that, because many trees and grasses are flowering earlier and over a longer period, there has been an increase in the length of the hay fever season.
- The tired, sun-burnt hills of summer have awoken with a new, hopeful greenness and the catalpa trees are flowering with huge white orchid-like flowers in the village squares.
- After the almond trees flowered in February he pruned them to take out central sprouts to make them easier to harvest.
- From Katherine to Darwin, growers are reporting a 40 per cent increase in tree flowering.
- Unable to stand the sight of the lover who left her, the tree flowers only at night and sheds them like tear-drops before the sun rises.
- My suggestion to him was there are so many coral trees flowering that perhaps the birds just can't cover them all.
- The caragana bushes would flower along the sidewalks; buildings would be painted the morning after a happy event.
- Trees have flowered on the study plot in January in the past four years; fruits become mature by the following September and fall in October through December.
- Each spring a pear tree will flower on the banks of the River Foss in York in memory of Miss Stuttle, who was a former pupil at Huntington School.
- As native shrubs finish flowering, snip the dead flowers off with the secateurs.
- The daffodils and the cherry trees flowering in the spring are the most popular feature on postcards or calendars, but the Gardens are worth visiting in all seasons.
- Winter barley now has ears fully emerged and is flowering.
- Seedlings can be purchased in a relatively advanced stage of growth which means they will be flowering for Christmas.
- It flowers twice in the year, and it is the fully grown but still closed buds which are harvested to be dried and marketed.
Synonyms
bloom, come into bloom, flower, appear, open
1. 1.1with object Induce (a plant) to produce flowers.
  （植物）开花
2Be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly.
〈喻〉成熟；盛行，繁荣兴旺
she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother
她长成跟她妈妈一样的美人。
Example sentencesExamples
- The naughty twinkle she displayed in films such as Ghostbusters has flowered into a comic touch that knows no fear of shame.
- The crowds were slow enough in the early stages and it took some years for the venue to flower into one of the best known halls in the province.
- When she offered herself to him out of gratitude, David gently declined her offer until gratitude flowered into the maturity of love.
- Somehow it all circles back to Melvin Van Peebles, whose independent moviemaking dream has flowered into so many others.
- This allowed those who wanted to flower and develop in an entirely new political context.
- This way, he gets the chance to disprove my theory that the FA had the right idea but got the wrong man and also to enable this generation, as good technically as any in the world, to flower fully.
- We're hoping that school will help these interests develop and flower, but, of course, we do not know.
- This high school has now flowered into a big Technical Institute.
- Despite, or perhaps thanks to, the U.S. embargo of that rhythmically rich island, Cuban culture has flowered into exotic fruition in an isolated hothouse.
- Since then, however, it has flowered into a truly remarkable society.
- Kiernan's acquaintance with Faiz in Lahore flowered into a life-long friendship.
- Still later, it flowered into the variegated cities and states of the Middle Ages.
- Haan proposes that some primal ideas from a Mantuan fable involving an apple tree and a covetous neighbor flowered into an epic inspiration for Milton.
- Since then, it has flowered into a dynamic forum to access, understand, and research the rapidly mushrooming field of Indian Literature in English, as well as to translate regional literature.
- He saw a faint ripple in the tides of the force as silver unfolded within him and flowered into furious life.
- I met her the last time about a year or so ago, and she had really flowered into a beautiful, mature friendly married young woman.
- Under his aegis, the department of Gandhian Studies flowered into a bright, vibrant one, drawing students from not just all over the country, but from all over the world.
- As she grew, she flowered into the most beautiful woman Egypt had ever seen.
- If this was meant as an insult, it soon flowered into prophesy.

Derivatives

flowerless

adjective ˈflaʊələsˈflaʊ(ə)rləs

Shrubs need pruning, but only as much as necessary to maintain the health of the plant and to restore dying, flowerless branches.
Example sentencesExamples
- The surplus is stored away in the honeycomb to sustain the bees throughout the flowerless months of autumn and winter.
- We paired it up with a floral top because in the bleak mid-winter there is nothing quite so depressing as the flowerless landscape.
- The twigs are leafless and flowerless; the shape of the background canvas is not ‘golden’.
- Of course, one could say the same about Kwanzan cherries and lilacs, whose flowerless branches lack the slightest inspiration.

flower-like

adjective

Then I can just pop up in an immediate flower-like state and join the others without anyone noticing.
Example sentencesExamples
- The next year, they are replaced by other flower-like faces which, the previous season, still belonged to little girls.
- As the first mushroom floated off into the blue, it changed its shape into a flower-like form, its giant petal curving downward creamy white outside, rose-colored inside.
- While the magnolia woman was short and sweet (altogether flower-like, actually), her mother was tall, rigid, regal.
- The geographical coordinates are beamed to airplanes carrying the smart bombs; the bombs explode and shower, not explosives, but small, flower-like packages containing assorted bits of Americana.

Origin

Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th century except in its specialized sense 'ground grain' (see flour).

Despite the big difference in meaning, flower and flour are the same word. In Middle English flower was spelt ‘flour’, but by the 17th century this spelling was limited to the specialized sense of ‘ground grain’. Flour developed from the meaning ‘flower’ or ‘best part of something’. It was then used for ‘the finest quality of ground wheat’, and from this developed the sense we have today. The word comes through French from a Latin root which also gives us flora and flourish (see faun).

Rhymes

bower, cower, devour, dower, embower, empower, endower, flour, gaur, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower

Definition of flower in US English:

flower

nounˈflaʊ(ə)rˈflou(ə)r

1The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly colored corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals).
〔植〕花
Example sentencesExamples
- Pistillate flowers are polymorphic for dehiscence and sepal number.
- Rose petals, lavender flowers, mint leaves and many other parts of plants are made into tea.
- At your feet you may see Dianella, a low growing plant which has white flowers with three petals.
- The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductive processes.
- Ethylene production from whole flowers, petals, and the gynoecium (ovary plus styles) was examined at a given time of senescence.
- Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.
- Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity.
- Males produce only staminate flowers with stamens and no vestigial pistils.
- As for calculation of the selfing rate, self-pollination was with pollen from other flowers of the same plant.
- The phenology index was calculated as the proportion of flowers with dehiscent stamens.
- These plants have pale yellow flowers with five petals and are insect pollinated.
- The bisexual flowers generally consist of carpels and staminodes inserted on the same whorl.
- Unisexual flowers with three white petals produce numerous stamens or carpels and both present floral nectar.
- In the field the plants displayed many flowers at full anthesis.
- Though you might not guess it by looking at them, they are flowering plants, producing numerous tiny flowers without showy petals.
- I didn't see anything but green plants, brightly coloured flowers, and brown earth.
- Beetles did not move to unopened flowers as long as petals were covered by sepals.
- These cells may then become a new branch, or perhaps on a flower become petals and stamens.
- Anthers were isolated from flowers at anthesis and pollen grains were collected.
- The sun poured gently down onto a flat stone, surrounded by brightly coloured flowers.
Synonyms
bloom, blossom, floweret, floret
1. 1.1 A brightly colored and conspicuous example of the flower of a plant together with its stalk, typically used with others as a decoration or gift.
  （作装饰或礼物用的带枝干的）花
  I stopped to buy Bridget some flowers
  Example sentencesExamples
  Try to pick the flowers, bag and bin them to prevent seeding.
  Now even the sale of flowers and sweets is picking up on the net.
  C'mon lads, when was the last time you bought a bunch of flowers?
  The pottery workshop is filled with exquisitely painted plates for decoration, with flowers and birds the main motifs.
  Best of all, picking the flowers prolongs the flowering period, so both the inner gardener and the interior decorator in you will be happy.
  As I crossed the hospital grounds, I noticed some really beautiful flowers; I picked them up for my vase.
  Nor was this the hothouse perfume of fashionable London ladies; it was the delicate fragrance of hundreds of spring flowers, all together in a warm room.
  The carved decorations feature flowers, birds, animals, paintings and people's daily life.
  One day, as she was picking flowers while her sisters were gone, Hermaphroditus was passing through the countryside.
  I picked up the flowers and smelt them gaily for extra effect, but he was already crying and too wrapped up in his own world to notice me.
  And even Mr Hague's attempts to buy a bunch of flowers for his wife were hijacked.
  He picked up the flowers as if on a sudden impulse, and he winked at the old woman, as if he had some shining joke to share with her.
  Buy some scented candles, even go out and pick some flowers.
  The simplicity of a ribbon-tied bunch of long stalk flowers is absolutely alluring.
  A wreath of white roses from Princes William and Harry, and a wreath of flowers picked from Prince Charles' garden at his Highgrove Estate, ringed the altar on the floor.
  What I did was I picked flowers everywhere where he'd been and I pressed them in a book and I took them home to my mother, because it meant a lot more to her even than it did to me.
  On the first anniversary of Debbie's death, the tight-knit family came up to York together to lay flowers at the site of the accident.
  She picked the flowers, the linens, the table service, the music, the program - everything.
  Should I go out and buy a bunch of flowers and lay them by the side of the pavement where poor sad Paul keeled over and breathed his last?
  She often goes there to buy fresh flowers to decorate her big residence.
2. 1.2 The state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened.
  开花（期）
  the roses were just coming into flower
  玫瑰刚开始开花。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Different types of jasmine come into flower and turn your evenings magical.
  Because the protective coating needs time to break down, it takes longer to germinate than petunia seed in its natural state and, in consequence, comes into flower later.
  I am going to try lifting and transplanting some now, before they come into flower.
  By the end of October or early November they will be back into flower.
  And every summer the threat to livestock increases as the plant comes into flower in its millions.
  Bulbs planted late in winter come into flower in early summer.
  Be kind to the trees and they will bloom into flower for you and attract a flock of honeysuckers and a swarm of bees.
  The daffodils seem to have gone over very quickly whilst spring bulbs like bluebells and wood anemones are rushing into flower.
  The wood bursts into flower, one last miracle after a lifetime of miracles.
  Like many other giants, they are also wonderful to watch through the season as they keep on growing and then come into flower when more growth would seem impossible.
  Tubers were harvested on August 17, just as the plants were coming into flower and before the tubers were fully mature.
  We are into the fourth month of the year, evenings are longer and the warm week we had after Easter has seen blossom trees coming into flower and potted plants in need of regular watering.
  The people in charge of arranging such operations know full well that dandelions come into flower at much the same time as our daffodils and then take over as the daffodils fade away.
  Nor are cherries the only plants bursting into flower; camellia, iris, lotus and mustard flowers are abundant.
  Although it germinates in May along with everything else, it seldom comes into flower before September, and if the weather is cold and wet it may not come into flower at all.
  Previous year's efforts are paying dividends - many plants that we had planted and given up on have finally come into flower.
  Like the rest of the plants in this group, it comes into flower just as the large Rosa mundi, which blooms wonderfully once in June, has faded.
  While outside, I noticed that several spring plants are already well advanced and coming into flower.
  It has far outlasted the bowls of hyacinth and narcissi that came into flower at the same time.
  It is a wonderful sight throughout the summer months as the different species come into flower.
2the flower ofThe finest individuals out of a number of people or things.
精英，优秀分子；精华，最好的部分
the flower of college track athletes
Example sentencesExamples
- From a country with only 3.5 million people, the troops - the flower of Albania's youth - represent the best Albania has to offer.
- The Croats were defeated and left the flower of their nobility on the field.
- But Shanley is simply the flower of the sexual libertinism that our culture advocates in a million voices.
- No-one had been so consistently maniacal throughout the entire tournament or spilt more blood as he single-handedly destroyed the flower of Britain's youth.
- ‘Of course I would forgive you, you are my youngest daughter, the flower of our family,’ Christiana cried.
- It certainly is an evocative month for visiting Flanders, where the flower of European youth died in a morass of mud and blood in the First World War.
- For the resurrection of this Isis, the Simphonie du Marais spared no effort, bringing together some excellent players and the flower of French Baroque singing.
- However, through no fault of the weapons designers, France did indeed send the flower of her youth off to war in August of 1914 armed with the obsolete Lebel M1886 - M93.
- First up to bat, then, is the flower of the British press, the Sun, which claims to have identified the intern in question and talked to her parents.
Synonyms
best, finest, top, pick, choice, choicest, prime, cream, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, first class, elite, elect
1. 2.1 The period of optimum development.
  a young policeman in the flower of his life gunned down
  Example sentencesExamples
  Only an instant before a son, a husband, a father, a proud, strong man in the flower of youth, and now only food for the birds of the air and the wild dogs which prowl the edges of the battlefield.
  May Carrie and Vivian, victims in different ways and in the flower of youth, rest together in peace.
  She may be beautiful now, but then she was in the flower of her youth.
  Just as these young men and women were in the flower of their youth.
  It does show that globalization doesn't countenance national pride - which Japan is coming to recognize even in the automotive sector which used to be the flower of its industrial prowess.
  In the translation of W.D. Ross, it ‘supervenes as the bloom of youth does on those in the flower of their age’.

verbˈflaʊ(ə)rˈflou(ə)r

[no object]

1(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom.
（植物）开花
these daisies can flower as late as October
紫菀甚至迟至10月也能开花。
Example sentencesExamples
- The rose bush is flowering although it's still having a little trouble with aphids, which I used for target practise with my squirt gun yesterday.
- Dad had looked so lost when he joined our group at my sister's front gate on Monday, when Sue was talking to Alison about the oleanders which grow and flower so fully in the summer.
- Twenty-seven trees flowered in the first year but only 18 did so in the second.
- The tired, sun-burnt hills of summer have awoken with a new, hopeful greenness and the catalpa trees are flowering with huge white orchid-like flowers in the village squares.
- Trees have flowered on the study plot in January in the past four years; fruits become mature by the following September and fall in October through December.
- In the cool spring of 1996, mild in comparison to 1814, apple trees flowered as late as early June..
- My suggestion to him was there are so many coral trees flowering that perhaps the birds just can't cover them all.
- After the almond trees flowered in February he pruned them to take out central sprouts to make them easier to harvest.
- As native shrubs finish flowering, snip the dead flowers off with the secateurs.
- The daffodils and the cherry trees flowering in the spring are the most popular feature on postcards or calendars, but the Gardens are worth visiting in all seasons.
- From Katherine to Darwin, growers are reporting a 40 per cent increase in tree flowering.
- It flowers twice in the year, and it is the fully grown but still closed buds which are harvested to be dried and marketed.
- Along the roadside were trees flowering gloriously, chiefly the magnificent African Tulip, with its spectacular orangey-red flowers.
- Winter barley now has ears fully emerged and is flowering.
- The caragana bushes would flower along the sidewalks; buildings would be painted the morning after a happy event.
- Each spring a pear tree will flower on the banks of the River Foss in York in memory of Miss Stuttle, who was a former pupil at Huntington School.
- In some cases, the name simply implies that the species flowers earlier than other similar plants.
- Seedlings can be purchased in a relatively advanced stage of growth which means they will be flowering for Christmas.
- One of the unlikely results of warmer seasons is that, because many trees and grasses are flowering earlier and over a longer period, there has been an increase in the length of the hay fever season.
- Unable to stand the sight of the lover who left her, the tree flowers only at night and sheds them like tear-drops before the sun rises.
Synonyms
bloom, come into bloom, flower, appear, open
1. 1.1with object Induce (a plant) to produce flowers.
  （植物）开花
2Be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly.
〈喻〉成熟；盛行，繁荣兴旺
it is there that the theory of deconstruction has flowered most extravagantly
Example sentencesExamples
- This high school has now flowered into a big Technical Institute.
- We're hoping that school will help these interests develop and flower, but, of course, we do not know.
- As she grew, she flowered into the most beautiful woman Egypt had ever seen.
- This way, he gets the chance to disprove my theory that the FA had the right idea but got the wrong man and also to enable this generation, as good technically as any in the world, to flower fully.
- Since then, however, it has flowered into a truly remarkable society.
- The naughty twinkle she displayed in films such as Ghostbusters has flowered into a comic touch that knows no fear of shame.
- This allowed those who wanted to flower and develop in an entirely new political context.
- He saw a faint ripple in the tides of the force as silver unfolded within him and flowered into furious life.
- Despite, or perhaps thanks to, the U.S. embargo of that rhythmically rich island, Cuban culture has flowered into exotic fruition in an isolated hothouse.
- Kiernan's acquaintance with Faiz in Lahore flowered into a life-long friendship.
- I met her the last time about a year or so ago, and she had really flowered into a beautiful, mature friendly married young woman.
- Haan proposes that some primal ideas from a Mantuan fable involving an apple tree and a covetous neighbor flowered into an epic inspiration for Milton.
- Somehow it all circles back to Melvin Van Peebles, whose independent moviemaking dream has flowered into so many others.
- The crowds were slow enough in the early stages and it took some years for the venue to flower into one of the best known halls in the province.
- Still later, it flowered into the variegated cities and states of the Middle Ages.
- Since then, it has flowered into a dynamic forum to access, understand, and research the rapidly mushrooming field of Indian Literature in English, as well as to translate regional literature.
- Under his aegis, the department of Gandhian Studies flowered into a bright, vibrant one, drawing students from not just all over the country, but from all over the world.
- If this was meant as an insult, it soon flowered into prophesy.
- When she offered herself to him out of gratitude, David gently declined her offer until gratitude flowered into the maturity of love.

Origin

Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th century except in its specialized sense ‘ground grain’ (see flour).

词汇	flower
释义	Definition of flower in English: flower noun ˈflaʊəˈflaʊ(ə)r 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). 〔植〕花 Example sentencesExamples Beetles did not move to unopened flowers as long as petals were covered by sepals. The bisexual flowers generally consist of carpels and staminodes inserted on the same whorl. At your feet you may see Dianella, a low growing plant which has white flowers with three petals. Pistillate flowers are polymorphic for dehiscence and sepal number. As for calculation of the selfing rate, self-pollination was with pollen from other flowers of the same plant. The sun poured gently down onto a flat stone, surrounded by brightly coloured flowers. Rose petals, lavender flowers, mint leaves and many other parts of plants are made into tea. I didn't see anything but green plants, brightly coloured flowers, and brown earth. Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal. Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity. Anthers were isolated from flowers at anthesis and pollen grains were collected. In the field the plants displayed many flowers at full anthesis. The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductive processes. These cells may then become a new branch, or perhaps on a flower become petals and stamens. Males produce only staminate flowers with stamens and no vestigial pistils. Ethylene production from whole flowers, petals, and the gynoecium (ovary plus styles) was examined at a given time of senescence. These plants have pale yellow flowers with five petals and are insect pollinated. Though you might not guess it by looking at them, they are flowering plants, producing numerous tiny flowers without showy petals. The phenology index was calculated as the proportion of flowers with dehiscent stamens. Unisexual flowers with three white petals produce numerous stamens or carpels and both present floral nectar. Synonyms bloom, blossom, floweret, floret 1.1 A flower together with its stalk, picked for use as a decoration. a bunch of flowers Example sentencesExamples A wreath of white roses from Princes William and Harry, and a wreath of flowers picked from Prince Charles' garden at his Highgrove Estate, ringed the altar on the floor. C'mon lads, when was the last time you bought a bunch of flowers? The simplicity of a ribbon-tied bunch of long stalk flowers is absolutely alluring. As I crossed the hospital grounds, I noticed some really beautiful flowers; I picked them up for my vase. Now even the sale of flowers and sweets is picking up on the net. On the first anniversary of Debbie's death, the tight-knit family came up to York together to lay flowers at the site of the accident. Should I go out and buy a bunch of flowers and lay them by the side of the pavement where poor sad Paul keeled over and breathed his last? Buy some scented candles, even go out and pick some flowers. Best of all, picking the flowers prolongs the flowering period, so both the inner gardener and the interior decorator in you will be happy. He picked up the flowers as if on a sudden impulse, and he winked at the old woman, as if he had some shining joke to share with her. She often goes there to buy fresh flowers to decorate her big residence. I picked up the flowers and smelt them gaily for extra effect, but he was already crying and too wrapped up in his own world to notice me. The pottery workshop is filled with exquisitely painted plates for decoration, with flowers and birds the main motifs. What I did was I picked flowers everywhere where he'd been and I pressed them in a book and I took them home to my mother, because it meant a lot more to her even than it did to me. And even Mr Hague's attempts to buy a bunch of flowers for his wife were hijacked. One day, as she was picking flowers while her sisters were gone, Hermaphroditus was passing through the countryside. Try to pick the flowers, bag and bin them to prevent seeding. She picked the flowers, the linens, the table service, the music, the program - everything. The carved decorations feature flowers, birds, animals, paintings and people's daily life. Nor was this the hothouse perfume of fashionable London ladies; it was the delicate fragrance of hundreds of spring flowers, all together in a warm room. 1.2mass noun The state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened. 开花（期） the roses were just coming into flower 玫瑰刚开始开花。 Example sentencesExamples Like many other giants, they are also wonderful to watch through the season as they keep on growing and then come into flower when more growth would seem impossible. By the end of October or early November they will be back into flower. The wood bursts into flower, one last miracle after a lifetime of miracles. Like the rest of the plants in this group, it comes into flower just as the large Rosa mundi, which blooms wonderfully once in June, has faded. I am going to try lifting and transplanting some now, before they come into flower. Be kind to the trees and they will bloom into flower for you and attract a flock of honeysuckers and a swarm of bees. It is a wonderful sight throughout the summer months as the different species come into flower. The people in charge of arranging such operations know full well that dandelions come into flower at much the same time as our daffodils and then take over as the daffodils fade away. Tubers were harvested on August 17, just as the plants were coming into flower and before the tubers were fully mature. And every summer the threat to livestock increases as the plant comes into flower in its millions. Because the protective coating needs time to break down, it takes longer to germinate than petunia seed in its natural state and, in consequence, comes into flower later. Although it germinates in May along with everything else, it seldom comes into flower before September, and if the weather is cold and wet it may not come into flower at all. Nor are cherries the only plants bursting into flower; camellia, iris, lotus and mustard flowers are abundant. While outside, I noticed that several spring plants are already well advanced and coming into flower. We are into the fourth month of the year, evenings are longer and the warm week we had after Easter has seen blossom trees coming into flower and potted plants in need of regular watering. Previous year's efforts are paying dividends - many plants that we had planted and given up on have finally come into flower. Different types of jasmine come into flower and turn your evenings magical. Bulbs planted late in winter come into flower in early summer. The daffodils seem to have gone over very quickly whilst spring bulbs like bluebells and wood anemones are rushing into flower. It has far outlasted the bowls of hyacinth and narcissi that came into flower at the same time. 1.3Northern English informal Used as a friendly form of address, especially to a young girl or woman. 〈英，非正式〉姑娘（尤用于友好地称呼女孩或年轻妇女） all right then, flower? Example sentencesExamples It’s all right flower, we'll be fine. While travelling to the North-East last year, I knew I was nearing my destination when the cashier at the motorway services called me 'Flower’ ‘Good luck, flower,’ he said. Well, flower, when we moved here we couldn't afford Manchester rates. What's up then, flower? 2the flower ofThe finest individuals out of a number of people or things. 精英，优秀分子；精华，最好的部分 he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire 为实现帝国之梦，他糟蹋了法国的青年精英。 Example sentencesExamples ‘Of course I would forgive you, you are my youngest daughter, the flower of our family,’ Christiana cried. The Croats were defeated and left the flower of their nobility on the field. However, through no fault of the weapons designers, France did indeed send the flower of her youth off to war in August of 1914 armed with the obsolete Lebel M1886 - M93. It certainly is an evocative month for visiting Flanders, where the flower of European youth died in a morass of mud and blood in the First World War. First up to bat, then, is the flower of the British press, the Sun, which claims to have identified the intern in question and talked to her parents. From a country with only 3.5 million people, the troops - the flower of Albania's youth - represent the best Albania has to offer. No-one had been so consistently maniacal throughout the entire tournament or spilt more blood as he single-handedly destroyed the flower of Britain's youth. For the resurrection of this Isis, the Simphonie du Marais spared no effort, bringing together some excellent players and the flower of French Baroque singing. But Shanley is simply the flower of the sexual libertinism that our culture advocates in a million voices. Synonyms best, finest, top, pick, choice, choicest, prime, cream, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, first class, elite, elect informal the tops verb ˈflaʊəˈflaʊ(ə)r [no object] 1(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom. （植物）开花 Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October 紫菀甚至迟至10月也能开花。 Example sentencesExamples Along the roadside were trees flowering gloriously, chiefly the magnificent African Tulip, with its spectacular orangey-red flowers. Dad had looked so lost when he joined our group at my sister's front gate on Monday, when Sue was talking to Alison about the oleanders which grow and flower so fully in the summer. In the cool spring of 1996, mild in comparison to 1814, apple trees flowered as late as early June.. Twenty-seven trees flowered in the first year but only 18 did so in the second. The rose bush is flowering although it's still having a little trouble with aphids, which I used for target practise with my squirt gun yesterday. In some cases, the name simply implies that the species flowers earlier than other similar plants. One of the unlikely results of warmer seasons is that, because many trees and grasses are flowering earlier and over a longer period, there has been an increase in the length of the hay fever season. The tired, sun-burnt hills of summer have awoken with a new, hopeful greenness and the catalpa trees are flowering with huge white orchid-like flowers in the village squares. After the almond trees flowered in February he pruned them to take out central sprouts to make them easier to harvest. From Katherine to Darwin, growers are reporting a 40 per cent increase in tree flowering. Unable to stand the sight of the lover who left her, the tree flowers only at night and sheds them like tear-drops before the sun rises. My suggestion to him was there are so many coral trees flowering that perhaps the birds just can't cover them all. The caragana bushes would flower along the sidewalks; buildings would be painted the morning after a happy event. Trees have flowered on the study plot in January in the past four years; fruits become mature by the following September and fall in October through December. Each spring a pear tree will flower on the banks of the River Foss in York in memory of Miss Stuttle, who was a former pupil at Huntington School. As native shrubs finish flowering, snip the dead flowers off with the secateurs. The daffodils and the cherry trees flowering in the spring are the most popular feature on postcards or calendars, but the Gardens are worth visiting in all seasons. Winter barley now has ears fully emerged and is flowering. Seedlings can be purchased in a relatively advanced stage of growth which means they will be flowering for Christmas. It flowers twice in the year, and it is the fully grown but still closed buds which are harvested to be dried and marketed. Synonyms bloom, come into bloom, flower, appear, open 1.1with object Induce (a plant) to produce flowers. （植物）开花 2Be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly. 〈喻〉成熟；盛行，繁荣兴旺 she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother 她长成跟她妈妈一样的美人。 Example sentencesExamples The naughty twinkle she displayed in films such as Ghostbusters has flowered into a comic touch that knows no fear of shame. The crowds were slow enough in the early stages and it took some years for the venue to flower into one of the best known halls in the province. When she offered herself to him out of gratitude, David gently declined her offer until gratitude flowered into the maturity of love. Somehow it all circles back to Melvin Van Peebles, whose independent moviemaking dream has flowered into so many others. This allowed those who wanted to flower and develop in an entirely new political context. This way, he gets the chance to disprove my theory that the FA had the right idea but got the wrong man and also to enable this generation, as good technically as any in the world, to flower fully. We're hoping that school will help these interests develop and flower, but, of course, we do not know. This high school has now flowered into a big Technical Institute. Despite, or perhaps thanks to, the U.S. embargo of that rhythmically rich island, Cuban culture has flowered into exotic fruition in an isolated hothouse. Since then, however, it has flowered into a truly remarkable society. Kiernan's acquaintance with Faiz in Lahore flowered into a life-long friendship. Still later, it flowered into the variegated cities and states of the Middle Ages. Haan proposes that some primal ideas from a Mantuan fable involving an apple tree and a covetous neighbor flowered into an epic inspiration for Milton. Since then, it has flowered into a dynamic forum to access, understand, and research the rapidly mushrooming field of Indian Literature in English, as well as to translate regional literature. He saw a faint ripple in the tides of the force as silver unfolded within him and flowered into furious life. I met her the last time about a year or so ago, and she had really flowered into a beautiful, mature friendly married young woman. Under his aegis, the department of Gandhian Studies flowered into a bright, vibrant one, drawing students from not just all over the country, but from all over the world. As she grew, she flowered into the most beautiful woman Egypt had ever seen. If this was meant as an insult, it soon flowered into prophesy. Derivatives flowerless adjective ˈflaʊələsˈflaʊ(ə)rləs Shrubs need pruning, but only as much as necessary to maintain the health of the plant and to restore dying, flowerless branches. Example sentencesExamples The surplus is stored away in the honeycomb to sustain the bees throughout the flowerless months of autumn and winter. We paired it up with a floral top because in the bleak mid-winter there is nothing quite so depressing as the flowerless landscape. The twigs are leafless and flowerless; the shape of the background canvas is not ‘golden’. Of course, one could say the same about Kwanzan cherries and lilacs, whose flowerless branches lack the slightest inspiration. flower-like adjective Then I can just pop up in an immediate flower-like state and join the others without anyone noticing. Example sentencesExamples The next year, they are replaced by other flower-like faces which, the previous season, still belonged to little girls. As the first mushroom floated off into the blue, it changed its shape into a flower-like form, its giant petal curving downward creamy white outside, rose-colored inside. While the magnolia woman was short and sweet (altogether flower-like, actually), her mother was tall, rigid, regal. The geographical coordinates are beamed to airplanes carrying the smart bombs; the bombs explode and shower, not explosives, but small, flower-like packages containing assorted bits of Americana. Origin Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th century except in its specialized sense 'ground grain' (see flour). Despite the big difference in meaning, flower and flour are the same word. In Middle English flower was spelt ‘flour’, but by the 17th century this spelling was limited to the specialized sense of ‘ground grain’. Flour developed from the meaning ‘flower’ or ‘best part of something’. It was then used for ‘the finest quality of ground wheat’, and from this developed the sense we have today. The word comes through French from a Latin root which also gives us flora and flourish (see faun). Rhymes bower, cower, devour, dower, embower, empower, endower, flour, gaur, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower Definition of flower in US English: flower nounˈflaʊ(ə)rˈflou(ə)r 1The seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly colored corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals). 〔植〕花 Example sentencesExamples Pistillate flowers are polymorphic for dehiscence and sepal number. Rose petals, lavender flowers, mint leaves and many other parts of plants are made into tea. At your feet you may see Dianella, a low growing plant which has white flowers with three petals. The pistil and the stamen of the flowers are the specialized organs responsible for the reproductive processes. Ethylene production from whole flowers, petals, and the gynoecium (ovary plus styles) was examined at a given time of senescence. Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal. Closed flowers were stripped of sepals, petals and anthers just prior to stigma maturity. Males produce only staminate flowers with stamens and no vestigial pistils. As for calculation of the selfing rate, self-pollination was with pollen from other flowers of the same plant. The phenology index was calculated as the proportion of flowers with dehiscent stamens. These plants have pale yellow flowers with five petals and are insect pollinated. The bisexual flowers generally consist of carpels and staminodes inserted on the same whorl. Unisexual flowers with three white petals produce numerous stamens or carpels and both present floral nectar. In the field the plants displayed many flowers at full anthesis. Though you might not guess it by looking at them, they are flowering plants, producing numerous tiny flowers without showy petals. I didn't see anything but green plants, brightly coloured flowers, and brown earth. Beetles did not move to unopened flowers as long as petals were covered by sepals. These cells may then become a new branch, or perhaps on a flower become petals and stamens. Anthers were isolated from flowers at anthesis and pollen grains were collected. The sun poured gently down onto a flat stone, surrounded by brightly coloured flowers. Synonyms bloom, blossom, floweret, floret 1.1 A brightly colored and conspicuous example of the flower of a plant together with its stalk, typically used with others as a decoration or gift. （作装饰或礼物用的带枝干的）花 I stopped to buy Bridget some flowers Example sentencesExamples Try to pick the flowers, bag and bin them to prevent seeding. Now even the sale of flowers and sweets is picking up on the net. C'mon lads, when was the last time you bought a bunch of flowers? The pottery workshop is filled with exquisitely painted plates for decoration, with flowers and birds the main motifs. Best of all, picking the flowers prolongs the flowering period, so both the inner gardener and the interior decorator in you will be happy. As I crossed the hospital grounds, I noticed some really beautiful flowers; I picked them up for my vase. Nor was this the hothouse perfume of fashionable London ladies; it was the delicate fragrance of hundreds of spring flowers, all together in a warm room. The carved decorations feature flowers, birds, animals, paintings and people's daily life. One day, as she was picking flowers while her sisters were gone, Hermaphroditus was passing through the countryside. I picked up the flowers and smelt them gaily for extra effect, but he was already crying and too wrapped up in his own world to notice me. And even Mr Hague's attempts to buy a bunch of flowers for his wife were hijacked. He picked up the flowers as if on a sudden impulse, and he winked at the old woman, as if he had some shining joke to share with her. Buy some scented candles, even go out and pick some flowers. The simplicity of a ribbon-tied bunch of long stalk flowers is absolutely alluring. A wreath of white roses from Princes William and Harry, and a wreath of flowers picked from Prince Charles' garden at his Highgrove Estate, ringed the altar on the floor. What I did was I picked flowers everywhere where he'd been and I pressed them in a book and I took them home to my mother, because it meant a lot more to her even than it did to me. On the first anniversary of Debbie's death, the tight-knit family came up to York together to lay flowers at the site of the accident. She picked the flowers, the linens, the table service, the music, the program - everything. Should I go out and buy a bunch of flowers and lay them by the side of the pavement where poor sad Paul keeled over and breathed his last? She often goes there to buy fresh flowers to decorate her big residence. 1.2 The state or period in which a plant's flowers have developed and opened. 开花（期） the roses were just coming into flower 玫瑰刚开始开花。 Example sentencesExamples Different types of jasmine come into flower and turn your evenings magical. Because the protective coating needs time to break down, it takes longer to germinate than petunia seed in its natural state and, in consequence, comes into flower later. I am going to try lifting and transplanting some now, before they come into flower. By the end of October or early November they will be back into flower. And every summer the threat to livestock increases as the plant comes into flower in its millions. Bulbs planted late in winter come into flower in early summer. Be kind to the trees and they will bloom into flower for you and attract a flock of honeysuckers and a swarm of bees. The daffodils seem to have gone over very quickly whilst spring bulbs like bluebells and wood anemones are rushing into flower. The wood bursts into flower, one last miracle after a lifetime of miracles. Like many other giants, they are also wonderful to watch through the season as they keep on growing and then come into flower when more growth would seem impossible. Tubers were harvested on August 17, just as the plants were coming into flower and before the tubers were fully mature. We are into the fourth month of the year, evenings are longer and the warm week we had after Easter has seen blossom trees coming into flower and potted plants in need of regular watering. The people in charge of arranging such operations know full well that dandelions come into flower at much the same time as our daffodils and then take over as the daffodils fade away. Nor are cherries the only plants bursting into flower; camellia, iris, lotus and mustard flowers are abundant. Although it germinates in May along with everything else, it seldom comes into flower before September, and if the weather is cold and wet it may not come into flower at all. Previous year's efforts are paying dividends - many plants that we had planted and given up on have finally come into flower. Like the rest of the plants in this group, it comes into flower just as the large Rosa mundi, which blooms wonderfully once in June, has faded. While outside, I noticed that several spring plants are already well advanced and coming into flower. It has far outlasted the bowls of hyacinth and narcissi that came into flower at the same time. It is a wonderful sight throughout the summer months as the different species come into flower. 2the flower ofThe finest individuals out of a number of people or things. 精英，优秀分子；精华，最好的部分 the flower of college track athletes Example sentencesExamples From a country with only 3.5 million people, the troops - the flower of Albania's youth - represent the best Albania has to offer. The Croats were defeated and left the flower of their nobility on the field. But Shanley is simply the flower of the sexual libertinism that our culture advocates in a million voices. No-one had been so consistently maniacal throughout the entire tournament or spilt more blood as he single-handedly destroyed the flower of Britain's youth. ‘Of course I would forgive you, you are my youngest daughter, the flower of our family,’ Christiana cried. It certainly is an evocative month for visiting Flanders, where the flower of European youth died in a morass of mud and blood in the First World War. For the resurrection of this Isis, the Simphonie du Marais spared no effort, bringing together some excellent players and the flower of French Baroque singing. However, through no fault of the weapons designers, France did indeed send the flower of her youth off to war in August of 1914 armed with the obsolete Lebel M1886 - M93. First up to bat, then, is the flower of the British press, the Sun, which claims to have identified the intern in question and talked to her parents. Synonyms best, finest, top, pick, choice, choicest, prime, cream, prize, treasure, pearl, gem, jewel, the jewel in the crown, the crème de la crème, first class, elite, elect 2.1 The period of optimum development. a young policeman in the flower of his life gunned down Example sentencesExamples Only an instant before a son, a husband, a father, a proud, strong man in the flower of youth, and now only food for the birds of the air and the wild dogs which prowl the edges of the battlefield. May Carrie and Vivian, victims in different ways and in the flower of youth, rest together in peace. She may be beautiful now, but then she was in the flower of her youth. Just as these young men and women were in the flower of their youth. It does show that globalization doesn't countenance national pride - which Japan is coming to recognize even in the automotive sector which used to be the flower of its industrial prowess. In the translation of W.D. Ross, it ‘supervenes as the bloom of youth does on those in the flower of their age’. verbˈflaʊ(ə)rˈflou(ə)r [no object] 1(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom. （植物）开花 these daisies can flower as late as October 紫菀甚至迟至10月也能开花。 Example sentencesExamples The rose bush is flowering although it's still having a little trouble with aphids, which I used for target practise with my squirt gun yesterday. Dad had looked so lost when he joined our group at my sister's front gate on Monday, when Sue was talking to Alison about the oleanders which grow and flower so fully in the summer. Twenty-seven trees flowered in the first year but only 18 did so in the second. The tired, sun-burnt hills of summer have awoken with a new, hopeful greenness and the catalpa trees are flowering with huge white orchid-like flowers in the village squares. Trees have flowered on the study plot in January in the past four years; fruits become mature by the following September and fall in October through December. In the cool spring of 1996, mild in comparison to 1814, apple trees flowered as late as early June.. My suggestion to him was there are so many coral trees flowering that perhaps the birds just can't cover them all. After the almond trees flowered in February he pruned them to take out central sprouts to make them easier to harvest. As native shrubs finish flowering, snip the dead flowers off with the secateurs. The daffodils and the cherry trees flowering in the spring are the most popular feature on postcards or calendars, but the Gardens are worth visiting in all seasons. From Katherine to Darwin, growers are reporting a 40 per cent increase in tree flowering. It flowers twice in the year, and it is the fully grown but still closed buds which are harvested to be dried and marketed. Along the roadside were trees flowering gloriously, chiefly the magnificent African Tulip, with its spectacular orangey-red flowers. Winter barley now has ears fully emerged and is flowering. The caragana bushes would flower along the sidewalks; buildings would be painted the morning after a happy event. Each spring a pear tree will flower on the banks of the River Foss in York in memory of Miss Stuttle, who was a former pupil at Huntington School. In some cases, the name simply implies that the species flowers earlier than other similar plants. Seedlings can be purchased in a relatively advanced stage of growth which means they will be flowering for Christmas. One of the unlikely results of warmer seasons is that, because many trees and grasses are flowering earlier and over a longer period, there has been an increase in the length of the hay fever season. Unable to stand the sight of the lover who left her, the tree flowers only at night and sheds them like tear-drops before the sun rises. Synonyms bloom, come into bloom, flower, appear, open 1.1with object Induce (a plant) to produce flowers. （植物）开花 2Be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly. 〈喻〉成熟；盛行，繁荣兴旺 it is there that the theory of deconstruction has flowered most extravagantly Example sentencesExamples This high school has now flowered into a big Technical Institute. We're hoping that school will help these interests develop and flower, but, of course, we do not know. As she grew, she flowered into the most beautiful woman Egypt had ever seen. This way, he gets the chance to disprove my theory that the FA had the right idea but got the wrong man and also to enable this generation, as good technically as any in the world, to flower fully. Since then, however, it has flowered into a truly remarkable society. The naughty twinkle she displayed in films such as Ghostbusters has flowered into a comic touch that knows no fear of shame. This allowed those who wanted to flower and develop in an entirely new political context. He saw a faint ripple in the tides of the force as silver unfolded within him and flowered into furious life. Despite, or perhaps thanks to, the U.S. embargo of that rhythmically rich island, Cuban culture has flowered into exotic fruition in an isolated hothouse. Kiernan's acquaintance with Faiz in Lahore flowered into a life-long friendship. I met her the last time about a year or so ago, and she had really flowered into a beautiful, mature friendly married young woman. Haan proposes that some primal ideas from a Mantuan fable involving an apple tree and a covetous neighbor flowered into an epic inspiration for Milton. Somehow it all circles back to Melvin Van Peebles, whose independent moviemaking dream has flowered into so many others. The crowds were slow enough in the early stages and it took some years for the venue to flower into one of the best known halls in the province. Still later, it flowered into the variegated cities and states of the Middle Ages. Since then, it has flowered into a dynamic forum to access, understand, and research the rapidly mushrooming field of Indian Literature in English, as well as to translate regional literature. Under his aegis, the department of Gandhian Studies flowered into a bright, vibrant one, drawing students from not just all over the country, but from all over the world. If this was meant as an insult, it soon flowered into prophesy. When she offered herself to him out of gratitude, David gently declined her offer until gratitude flowered into the maturity of love. Origin Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th century except in its specialized sense ‘ground grain’ (see flour).
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