sunflower

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sunflower
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plant
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plant
Legend:
1= style 2= ovary 3= receptaculum
4= stamen 5= petal 6= stigma
7= pistil 8= sepal 9= pedicel

Some flowers:

daffodil
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daffodil
dahlia
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dahlia
lily
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lily
oleander
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oleander
rose
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rose
tulip
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tulip
Alternative forms
flowre (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English flour, from Anglo-Norman flur, from Latin flōrem, accusative of flōs, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“to thrive, bloom”). Partially displaced Middle English blosme, blossem (“flower; blossom”) (see blossom).

Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈflaʊ.ə/
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(US) IPA(key): /ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
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Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(r), -aʊə(r)
Homophone: flour (for people who pronounce flower as one syllable, or flour as two)
Noun
flower (plural flowers)

A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction.
(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.
A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.
(usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
The dogwoods are in flower this week.
(euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora.
(idiomatic) The best examples or representatives of a group.
We selected the flower of the applicants.
The best state of things; the prime.
She was in the flower of her life.
(obsolete) Flour.
(in the plural, chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation.
the flowers of sulphur
A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
(printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
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(in the plural) Menstrual discharges.
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