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- [flou-er]
- /ˈflaʊ ər/
- /flaʊər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flou-er]
- /ˈflaʊ ər/
Definitions of flowers word
- noun flowers the blossom of a plant. 1
- noun flowers Botany. the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, especially when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color. an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses. 1
- noun flowers a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty. 1
- noun flowers state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower. 1
- noun flowers an ornament representing a flower. 1
- noun flowers Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, especially a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings. 1
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Origin of flowers
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English flour flower, best of anything < Old French flor, flour, flur < Latin flōr- (stem of flōs). Cf. blossom
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Parts of speech for Flowers
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flowers popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flowers usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flowers
noun flowers
- herbage — nonwoody vegetation.
- hothouse — an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
- garden — Alexander, 1730?–91, U.S. naturalist, born in Scotland.
- vegetation — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- back yard — an area, usually paved, at the rear of a building
Antonyms for flowers
Top questions with flowers
- how to draw a flowers?
- how to drawing flowers?
- how to draw flowers?
- how to make paper flowers?
- how to make tissue paper flowers?
- where have all the flowers gone?
- how to dry flowers?
- how to preserve flowers?
- how to press flowers?
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