Defn: Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. W. Savage.
8. pl.
Defn: Menstrual discharges. Lev. xv. 24. Animal flower (Zoöl.) See
under Animal.
— Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet.
— Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers.
— Flower beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers, esp.
any one of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, family
Nitidulidæ, some of which are injurious to crops.
— Flower bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis,
allied to the honey eaters.
— Flower bud, an unopened flower.
— Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close at
different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
— Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the florets
are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of the daisy.
— Flower pecker (Zoöl.), one of a family (Dicæidæ) of small Indian
and Australian birds. They resemble humming birds in habits.
— Flower piece. (a) A table ornament made of cut flowers. (b) (Fine
Arts) A picture of flowers.
— Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that
supports the flower or fructification.
FLOWER
Flow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowering.]
Etym: [From the noun. Cf. Flourish.]
1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.
2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. Spenser.
3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. Bacon.
4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off. Milton.
FLOWER
Flow"er, v. t.
Defn: To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.