name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
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noun
A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
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noun
A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
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noun
The stem of a flowering plant with the blossom or blossoms attached, used for decoration, as a gift, etc.
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noun
Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
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noun
The vulva, especially the labia majora.
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Usage: countable, euphemistic, familiar, uncountable
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noun
The best examples or representatives of a group.
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noun
The best state of things; the prime.
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noun
Flour.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
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Usage: countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
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noun
Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Menstrual discharges.
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noun
A delicate, fragile, or oversensitive person.
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noun
Credit, recognition.
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Usage: countable, figuratively, in-plural, uncountable
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noun
Cannabis.
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Usage: slang, uncountable
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noun
Something that flows, such as a river.
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Usage: rare
Qualifier: especially crosswording
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verb
To put forth blooms.
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verb
To decorate with pictures of flowers.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To reach a state of full development or achievement.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
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Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
To come off as flowers by sublimation.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bloom, blossom
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Broader terms: reproductive structure
Narrower terms: floret, floweret, apetalous flower, inflorescence, ray flower, ray floret, bud, chrysanthemum
noun
a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: angiosperm, flowering plant
Narrower terms: bloomer, peony, paeony, lesser celandine, pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria, pheasant's-eye, Adonis annua, anemone, windflower, rue anemone, Anemonella thalictroides, columbine, aquilegia, aquilege, rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis, delphinium, nigella, spathiphyllum, peace lily, spathe flower, calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica, sandwort, pink, garden pink, baby's breath, babies'-breath, Gypsophila paniculata, lychnis, catchfly, Moehringia lateriflora, Moehringia mucosa, soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis, silene, campion, cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria, fig marigold, pebble plant, globe amaranth, bachelor's button, Gomphrena globosa, scarlet musk flower, Nyctaginia capitata, umbrellawort, four o'clock, portulaca, Carolina spring beauty, Claytonia caroliniana, spring beauty, Clatonia lanceolata, Virginia spring beauty, Claytonia virginica, wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri, prairie rocket, western wall flower, Erysimum asperum, Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanum, heliophila, damask violet, Dame's violet, sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis, candytuft, sweet alyssum, sweet alison, Lobularia maritima, Malcolm stock, stock, Virginian stock, Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima, gillyflower, schizopetalon, Schizopetalon walkeri, poppy, corydalis, horn poppy, horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy, Glaucium flavum, composite, composite plant, ageratum, sweet sultan, Amberboa moschata, Centaurea moschata, ammobium, African daisy, blue-eyed African daisy, Arctotis stoechadifolia, Arctotis venusta, aster, daisy, Swan River daisy, Brachycome Iberidifolia, calendula, China aster, Callistephus chinensis, catananche, cornflower, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus, Centaurea imperialis, chrysanthemum, mistflower, mist-flower, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, cosmos, cosmea, brass buttons, Cotula coronopifolia, billy buttons, dahlia, Dahlia pinnata, cape marigold, sun marigold, star of the veldt, coneflower, blue daisy, blue marguerite, Felicia amelloides, kingfisher daisy, Felicia bergeriana, cotton rose, cudweed, filago, gazania, sunflower, helianthus, tidytips, tidy tips, Layia platyglossa, oxeye daisy, ox-eyed daisy, marguerite, moon daisy, white daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Texas star, Lindheimera texana, yellow ageratum, Lonas inodora, Lonas annua, cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus, florest's cineraria, Pericallis hybrida, white-topped aster, stokes' aster, cornflower aster, Stokesia laevis, marigold, painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum, Mexican sunflower, tithonia, Easter daisy, stemless daisy, Townsendia Exscapa, ursinia, xeranthemum, zinnia, old maid, old maid flower, blazing star, Mentzelia livicaulis, Mentzelia laevicaulis, bartonia, Mentzelia lindleyi, orchid, orchidaceous plant, cyclamen, Cyclamen purpurascens, sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanum, shortia, centaury, gentian, begonia, wandflower, Sparaxis tricolor, coral drops, Bessera elegans, Christmas bells, bellwort, merry bells, wild oats, tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa, commelina, scabious, scabiosa, woodland star, Lithophragma affine, Lithophragma affinis, Tellima affinis, achimenes, hot water plant, lace-flower vine, Alsobia dianthiflora, Episcia dianthiflora, African violet, Saintpaulia ionantha, streptocarpus, scorpionweed, scorpion weed, phacelia, snapdragon, calceolaria, slipperwort, gerardia, toadflax, butter-and-eggs, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, veronica, speedwell, bush violet, browallia, petunia, butterfly flower, poor man's orchid, schizanthus, verbena, vervain, valerian, red valerian, French honeysuckle, Centranthus ruber
noun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
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Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: golden age
verb
produce or yield flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bloom, blossom
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Broader terms: develop
Narrower terms: effloresce, burst forth
History
* As an occupational English surname, from the noun flower, and sometimes flour. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English flo (“arrow”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Floor, itself from the noun floor. * As a Welsh surname, Anglicized from Llywarch.
From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Italic *flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh3- (“to thrive, bloom”). Doublet of fleur, flor, flour, bloom, and blossom. Partly displaced native Old English blostma (which is cognate), whence Modern English blossom.
From flow + -er.
Across languages
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