noun menstrual discharges.
2. flower ·noun grain pulverized; meal; flour.
3. flower ·vi to come off as flowers by sublimation.
4. flower ·noun a figure of speech; an ornament of style.
5. flower ·vi to come into the finest or fairest condition.
6. flower ·vi to froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.
7. flower ·noun ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, ·etc.
8. flower ·vt to embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.
9. flower ·noun a substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
10. flower ·noun in the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.
11. flower ·vi to blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in june.
12. flower ·noun the fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth.
13. flower ·noun that part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. a complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. in mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. ·see blossom, and corolla.