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花,精華,盛時開花,旺盛,成熟使開花

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Flower \Flow"er\, n. [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur, flor, F.
   fleur, fr. L. flos, floris. Cf. {Blossom}, {Effloresce},
   {Floret}, {Florid}, {Florin}, {Flour}, {Flourish}.]
   1. 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.

   2. (Bot.) 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}.

Flower \Flow"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flowered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Flowering}.] [From the noun. Cf. {Flourish}.]
   1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to
      produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.

   2. To come into the finest or fairest condition.

            Their lusty and flowering age.        --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).

            When flowered my youthful spring.     --Spenser.

   3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer.

            That beer did flower a little.        --Bacon.

   4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.]

            Observations which have flowered off. --Milton.

Flower \Flow"er\, v. t.
   To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers;
   as, flowered silk.

資料來源 : WordNet®

flower
     n 1: a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
     2: reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one
        having showy or colorful parts [syn: {bloom}, {blossom}]
     3: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity [syn: {prime},
         {peak}, {heyday}, {bloom}, {blossom}, {efflorescence}, {flush}]

flower
     v : produce or yield flowers; "The cherry tree bloomed" [syn: {bloom},
          {blossom}]