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flower

flower

104 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
368 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
54 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
31 5.8

A time when someone or something is most successful

is wider, covering prosperity or productivity beyond public fame
bloom
vsflower
16 3.2

A time when a person or thing is at its best

is broader and can stress productivity and development beyond beauty
blossom
vsflower
7 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
full bloom
vsflower
6 3.0

A plant with its flowers fully open and very beautiful

is the figurative term used for general prosperity or prime time
blossoming
vsflower
4 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
flowering
vsflower
  • Literature
3 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
flush
vsflower
3 7.1

A period of time with much success or abundance

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

Antonyms

439 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

Idioms

7.3

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

Compounds

14 1.0

A part of a garden where people plant flowers

7 2.1

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

A group of flowers put together to look attractive

A garden where people grow many flowers for beauty

flower child
  • Archaic
5 6.8

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

flower petal
  • Specialized
3 1.0

A soft, usually bright part of a flower

1 1.0

A shop that sells flowers and small plants

1 1.0

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

flower head
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A tight group of small flowers that look like one flower

1 1.3

A flower that grows naturally without being planted by people

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

flower girl
  • Archaic
1 3.4

A person who sells flowers on the street

flower people
  • Archaic
1 8.6

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

flower power
  • Archaic
1 6.6

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

1 3.3

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

flower cluster
  • Specialized
1 2.7

A group of flowers that grow close together on a plant

hothouse flower
  • Offensive
1 8.9

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

1 4.4

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

9.1

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

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

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

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

carrion flower
  • Specialized
9.9

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

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

8.2

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

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

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

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

A garden plant with feathery leaves and blue or white flowers

fiesta flower
  • Specialized
9.9

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

fire flower
  • Jargon
8.0

A game item that lets a character throw fireballs at enemies

finger-flower
  • Archaic
9.9

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

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

flower of youth
  • Archaic
7.5

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

A young boy who walks in a wedding scattering petals

flower boy
  • Informal
7.6

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

A string of flowers worn or hung for decoration

flower-cup fern
  • Specialized
9.8

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

flower-of-an-hour
  • Specialized
9.9

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

8.8

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

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

9.9

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

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

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

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

A garden plant with deep pink, drooping heart-shaped flowers

marcescent flower
  • Specialized
9.9

A flower that wilts but stays on the plant

A pink forest flower shaped like a slipper

mist-flower
  • Specialized
8.9

A plant that lives for many years with large bright blue flower clusters that attract butterflies

A low evergreen shrub often grown in gardens for its sweet-smelling pink or deep rose flowers

gand flower
  • Archaic
9.9

A small European plant with many branches and blue or pink flowers

A plant with round yellow flowers

guinea flower
  • Australian
9.9

A vine that stays green all year with large bright yellow flowers

A garden plant with hanging bell-shaped flowers that are purple and white in a checkered pattern

9.9

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

honey-flower
  • Australian
9.1

An Australian shrub with groups of sweet flowers that attract bees and birds

A plant from the southwestern United States with narrow leaves and yellow-orange flowers

A climbing plant that has shiny green leaves and clusters of white fragrant flowers shaped like trumpets

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

proboscis flower
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with large spotted flowers and a long curved beak-shaped flower part

How Prosperous

flower
  • Literature
104 5.4
growth
∞ 1.6
stability
363 3.1
decline
439 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.