- flower
- 1. The reproductive structure of a flowering plant consisting of a pistil and/or stamen, and usually including petals and sepals. 2. Often applies to the reproductive organs of mosses.
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- flower bed
- An area planted with flowering plants and surrounded by lawn, structures, etc.
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- flower box (alt. window box)
- A container attached to a porch railing or window sill planted with colorful species.
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- flower bud
- The bud which contains a flower or a cluster of flowers.
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- flower head
- A group of florets.
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- flower induction
- The initiation of the production of flowers, possibly stimulated by florigen.
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- flowering dates
- The period(s) of the year when a species can be expected to produce blossoms.
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- aggregate flowers
- Crowded into dense clusters or tufts, as in Scabiosa atropurpurea.
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- complete flower
- Having all the principal parts, particularly the stamens and pistils.
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- compound flower head (alt. composite flower head)
- A flower head with outer ray flowers forming "petals" surrounding the inner disc flowers, as in the Compositae.
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- cut flower garden
- An area set aside for the growing of plants which are to be used for the production of flowers for arrangement inside the house.
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- cut flowers (alt. cutting flowers)
- Species of flowers which are removed from the plant for arrangements and which easily retain their freshness.
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- disk flower (alt. disc flower)
- In Compositae, the tubular flowers of the head, as distinct from the ray.
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- double (alt. double-flowered)
- Having more than the usual number of petals, often arranged in extra rows.
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- dried flowers
- Desiccated blossoms which retain shape and color over a long period of time, especially for winter arrangements.
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- incomplete flower
- Lacking one or more whorls, i.e., sepals, petals, stamens, or carpels, of the complete flower.
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- irregular flower
- Describes a flower showing inequality in the size, form, or union of its similar parts.
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- language of flowers (alt. symbolism of flowers)
- A complex code under which each species of flower, even individual colors of that species, carries a meaning or message.
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- ray flower
- The bilaterally symmetrical flowers around the edge of the head in many members of Compositae; each ray flower resembles a single petal.
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- regular flower
- Generally symmetrical and uniform in the number of its parts.
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- single flower
- A plant containing the normal number of petals. Double flowers often have multiples of the normal number: 6 or 9 for three-petal flowers, 8 or 12 for four-petals flowers, etc.
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- tube flowers
- Florets with tubular corollas, usually five-lobed.
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