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flower

flower

26 5.4
Period when a person or thing is at its best
  • noun
  • /ˈflaʊər/
  • Literature
: auge
  • The artist's talent reached its full flower when she completed her masterpiece.
  • in full flower
  • come into full flower

Examples

  • A nine-year-old boy served as our volunteer tour guide and gave us flowers after showing us his neighborhood treasures.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Where the nectar of the flowers is found, the fragrant beauty of the flower is refined.

    Academic text (2011)
  • You are a flower in the garden of humanity.

  • May Carrie and Vivian, victims in different ways and in the flower of youth, rest together in peace.

    Academic text (2002)
  • You know, that's a place that doesn't have zoning, It doesn't have regulation, and it's not exactly the full flower of, you know, of urbanism.

  • The company's innovative approach showed its flower during a record year of profits.

  • The festival was the flower of our summer, bringing joy and excitement to the entire community.

Synonyms

peak
vsflower
384 2.1

The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement

is a broader period of greatest prosperity rather than a single point
prime
vsflower
71 5.0

The time in life when a person is most active and successful

is the general label for the best part, not only life stages
heyday
vsflower
29 5.8

A time when someone or something is most successful

is wider, covering prosperity or productivity beyond public fame
bloom
vsflower
18 3.2

A time when a person or thing is at its best

is broader and can stress productivity and development beyond beauty
full bloom
vsflower
9 3.0

A plant with its flowers fully open and very beautiful

is the figurative term used for general prosperity or prime time
blossom
vsflower
8 4.1

A time when something is most successful or active

is the broader name for the same prime period rather than that specific stage
flush
vsflower
7 7.1

A period of time with much success or abundance

is the general term for any prime period, not only intense bursts
flowering
vsflower
  • Literature
6 5.8

A period of great growth and achievement in art or culture

is more general, applying to any area of greatest prosperity or productivity
efflorescence
vsflower
  • Literature
1 9.9

A time when something grows strongly and reaches its best stage

is the everyday phrase for the same era rather than literary usage
blossoming
vsflower
1 2.5

A time when flowers open and plants become full of blooms

is the noun for the resulting prime period rather than the development

Antonyms

357 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

Idioms

1 7.3

A person who is the best or most admired in a group

Compounds

15 2.1

A young girl who walks before the bride at a wedding and drops flower petals

13 1.0

A part of a garden where people plant flowers

A group of flowers put together to look attractive

A garden where people grow many flowers for beauty

flower child
  • Archaic
6 6.8

A young person, especially in the 1960s, who rejects normal values and supports peace and living simply with others

5 1.3

A flower that grows naturally without being planted by people

flower petal
  • Specialized
4 1.0

A soft, usually bright part of a flower

flower power
  • Archaic
3 6.6

A youth movement in the 1960s that promoted peace, love and no violence

2 1.0

A shop that sells flowers and small plants

2 1.0

A small part on a plant that will become a flower, not a leaf

flower girl
  • Archaic
1 3.4

A person who sells flowers on the street

flower head
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A tight group of small flowers that look like one flower

flower of youth
  • Archaic
1 7.5

A time in youth when a person has the most energy and hope

hothouse flower
  • Offensive
1 8.9

A person who is very protected and cannot deal with hard situations

A flower made from plastic, silk, or paper that looks like a real one

1 3.3

An upright stem that grows from the ground and holds a flower above the leaves

flower people
  • Archaic
1 8.6

People from the 1960s who believed in peace, love, and living together

1 3.8

A young boy who walks in a wedding scattering petals

flower cluster
  • Specialized
1 2.7

A group of flowers that grow close together on a plant

flower boy
  • Informal
1 7.6

A young man admired for soft, pretty looks and stylish clothes, often in fashion or pop culture

Growing and caring for plants that have flowers to make a place look nice

1 7.1

A tall North American plant with bright red flowers that grows in wet places

fire flower
  • Jargon
1 8.0

A game item that lets a character throw fireballs at enemies

1 9.5

A plant that lives for many years with white to pink puffed flowers in long clusters on upright stems

A tall garden plant with long, white or pink flowers that look like spiders

1 9.9

A poisonous plant with hooded blue-purple flowers that grows in northern Europe

1 4.4

A climbing plant with hard stems and bright thin parts that look like paper and decorate gardens

A garden plant with feathery leaves and blue or white flowers

1 8.5

A tropical plant like a small tree with bright yellow or orange-red flowers

1 9.3

A tropical plant with bright orange-red flowers that often grows as a weed

1 8.2

A small tree or shrub with wrinkled bright flowers often planted in warm gardens

1 2.9

A string of flowers worn or hung for decoration

1 9.6

A small plant that blooms in early spring with purple or white showy flowers

1 9.9

A colorful plant that grows in marshes with waxy long leaves and pink and white flowers

carrion flower
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A fleshy plant without leaves that has large star-shaped flowers that smell like rotting meat and attract flies

A garden plant with round purple or red flowers that smell nice and attract butterflies

1 8.8

A desert plant with thick roots and narrow succulent leaves, each stem having one reddish-orange flower

1 9.9

A pink forest flower shaped like a slipper

peacock flower
  • Australian
1 8.6

A tropical tree or shrub that has large red and orange flower clusters

treasure flower
  • South African
1 9.0

A South African garden plant with bright orange flowers and dark spots

A climbing plant with large tube-shaped flowers often grown for decoration

1 9.9

A plant from the US Southwest with fleshy roots and a single red-orange flower

1 9.9

A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling night flowers with wavy petals

A deep-water sponge with a delicate, glassy, net-like structure from East Asian waters

A tropical plant with a bright red, heart-shaped flower used for decoration

1 9.8

A plant with round yellow flowers

ray flower
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A flat petal at the edge of a flower head like a daisy or sunflower

A tall plant from eastern North America with dense spikes of blue flowers

fiesta flower
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A small wild plant with deep purple flowers that grows in California

A flower that keeps its shape and color after drying for decoration

flower-of-an-hour
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A small plant with yellow flowers that open in the morning and fade by midday

A Mediterranean herb with strong seeds used to flavor bread and vegetables

9.1

A plant that lives for one year with purple, basket-like flower heads used to decorate gardens

A plant with bright yellow, red or purple flowers often grown in gardens

A small wild flower with bright yellow shiny petals

butterfly flower
  • Specialized
8.2

A small garden plant with thin divided leaves and bright flowers with different colours

A shrub or small tree with clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple

A climbing plant with bright yellow flowers like a canary

A plant that lives for many years with bright orange flowers in the eastern and southern United States

A plant with red leaves like a poinsettia that people use to decorate at Christmas

compass flower
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant whose leaves point north and south

corkscrew flower
  • Specialized
9.9

A tropical vine with bright yellow and purple flowers whose petals twist like a snail shell

cushion flower
  • Australian
9.9

A tall shrub from Western Australia with large round red and yellow flowers

8.0

A wild plant with pink or white flowers that grows in damp meadows

A short, hairy plant that comes back every year and has blue-violet or lilac flowers in early spring

apetalous flower
  • Specialized
9.8

A flower with no petals

A poisonous woody evergreen vine with sweet-smelling yellow flowers shaped like funnels in the southeastern United States

finger-flower
  • Archaic
9.9

A tall plant with large pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves are poisonous but make heart medicine

flower-cup fern
  • Specialized
9.8

A slender plant with shiny brown stalks and divided leaves with small brown dots along the edges

A garden plant with long grasslike leaves and tall spikes of red or yellow drooping flowers

A tall garden plant with long grasslike leaves and red or yellow hanging flower spikes

A low plant from Central America that grows along the ground and has frilly white flowers

A climbing plant with thick, leather-like outer parts and bell-shaped blooms

How Prosperous

flower
  • Literature
26 5.4
growth
∞ 1.6
stability
283 3.1
decline
357 3.9

Surface Forms

flower singular
flowers plural

Etymology

Flower also came to mean the best or most developed time, like when a plant is in full 'bloom', and this is the same idea behind flourish. So the 'flower' of a person's life or of a city is its prime or greatest time.