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A colorful, conspicuous structure that grows on plants
“Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.”
The best or most desirable among a category, kind or class
“They believed that those sacrificed had been men of special grace, the irreplaceable flower of the nation's youth.”
A period of success, popularity, or power
“For surely that man is most fortunate who dies in the flower of his strength, when the passing years have not obscured his good name or weakened his high courage.”
A valuable asset that is a source of pride
The rank of a patrician
A small flower or bunch of flowers worn in a buttonhole or pinned to the lapel of a jacket
An organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom
To produce flowers, or to be in flower
“Where the means of preserving the seedlings through the winter are at hand, the plants will flower earlier and stronger if raised in autumn.”
To develop or thrive in a promising or healthy way
“If his financial career had taken off a decade earlier in Australia, Wolfensohn's musical career began to flower in New York in the early 1970s.”
To reach or bring to ripeness or maturity
To develop or grow rapidly
To give strength to on a physiological level
Of, or pertaining to, flowers or plants with flowers
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