to flower
- verb
- /ˈflaʊər/
- The concept of human rights, for example, has flowered in the twentieth century.
- flowering tree
- begin to flower
- yellow-flowered
It's holographic and it flowers up and it roots down.
- It's holographic and it flowers up and it roots down.
- No Bliss is a necessary condition for life to flower to its full potential.
- I have one and the way they flower is funny.
Examples
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Belknap says the coffee will flower after the next rains.
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In Israel, they flower in February, then they'll flower.
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These these plants will not flower and then continue to grow.
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I have one and the way they flower is funny.
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"In Florida, where it flowers continually, it has been grown as a garden plant."
Academic text (1994) -
Plants in the wild look and behave differently, growing at different rates and flowering at different times.
Academic text (2003) -
Innocence cannot flower underground.
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Sweet fern, despite its name and fern-like foliage, is actually a flowering plant in the wax myrtle family.
Academic text (2011) -
Then I picked up my head and inhaled the balmy, flowered air: jacarandas, bougainvillea, gardenias.
Fiction book (1992) -
In spring, the cherry trees flower beautifully, attracting many visitors to the park.
Synonyms
To produce flowers or to grow well and become successful
To produce flowers on a tree or plant
To begin to bloom or grow, like a plant showing flowers
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A young person, especially in the 1960s, who rejects normal values and supports peace and living simply with others
A climbing plant with hard stems and bright thin parts that look like paper and decorate gardens
A plant that lives for one year with purple, basket-like flower heads used to decorate gardens
A tall plant from eastern North America with dense spikes of blue flowers
- Specialized
A small garden plant with thin divided leaves and bright flowers with different colours
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
A tropical vine with bright yellow and purple flowers whose petals twist like a snail shell
- US
A small tree or shrub with wrinkled bright flowers often planted in warm gardens
- Australian
A tall shrub from Western Australia with large round red and yellow flowers
A short, hairy plant that comes back every year and has blue-violet or lilac flowers in early spring
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
- Archaic
A tall plant with large pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves are poisonous but make heart medicine
- Informal
A young man admired for soft, pretty looks and stylish clothes, often in fashion or pop culture
- Specialized
A slender plant with shiny brown stalks and divided leaves with small brown dots along the edges
- Specialized
A small plant with yellow flowers that open in the morning and fade by midday
- US
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
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
- Specialized
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
A garden plant with hanging bell-shaped flowers that are purple and white in a checkered pattern
A poisonous plant with hooded blue-purple flowers that grows in northern Europe
- Australian
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
- Indian
A climbing plant that has shiny green leaves and clusters of white fragrant flowers shaped like trumpets
- Specialized
A plant with large spotted flowers and a long curved beak-shaped flower part
How Bloomed
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb flower comes from the same root flor-, which means 'bloom', so to flower is to open into blooms or to be covered or decorated with flowers.