| abloom |
in flower; blooming. |
| acrogen |
a plant that produces no flower and grows only from the tip of the stem, such as a fern or moss. |
| amaranth |
a legendary flower that never dies. [1/3 definitions] |
| artichoke |
a tall thistlelike plant whose flower head, composed of thick, leaflike scales, is cooked and eaten. [1/2 definitions] |
| arum |
any of a family of plants, such as jack-in-the-pulpit, with arrow-shaped leaves and bearing a flower, at the tip of a long spike, that is enclosed by a hoodlike leaf. [1/2 definitions] |
| attar |
a pleasant-smelling oil extracted from flower petals. |
| autogamy |
in botany, self-fertilization, as of a flower with its own pollen. [1/2 definitions] |
| axil |
the upper angle between a leaf, flower, twig, or the like, and the stem or branch from which it grows. |
| bird of paradise |
any of several brightly colored African plants, esp. a perennial cultivated for its large brilliant orange or yellow blue-tongued flower that resembles a bird. [1/2 definitions] |
| bloodroot |
a North American spring wildflower that bears a single white flower and has a fleshy red root that yields a toxic red sap. |
| bloom |
a flower; blossom. [1/8 definitions] |
| blooming |
in flower; blossoming. [1/3 definitions] |
| bluebonnet |
a blue-flowered variety of lupine, esp. the Texas state flower. [1/3 definitions] |
| border |
a strip of earth or a rectangular flower bed planted with decorative flowers or shrubbery. [1/6 definitions] |
| boutonniere |
a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole of a lapel. |
| bract |
a leaflike part usu. located below a flower or flower cluster. |
| broccoli |
a cultivated subspecies of the cabbage, or the green flower buds and flowering stalk of this plant used for food. |
| broomcorn |
a cultivated grass variety with stiff-branched flower stalks used in making brooms and brushes. |
| bud1 |
a swelling on a plant that can develop into new parts, such as leaves or a flower. [2/8 definitions] |
| bud vase |
a tall thin vase used to hold a single flower such as a rosebud. |
| calypso |
an orchid that bears a pinkish flower having a slipper-shaped lip. [1/3 definitions] |