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A genus of shrubby plants, including the heaths, many of them producing beautiful flowers.

genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

A substance reddened by acids, which is supposed to be contained in flowers.

The red coloring matter of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.

h America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

. -- Essential oils (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter almonds an aldehyde, oil of winterg…

A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet.

erwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket.

A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.

ate is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. Every door and window was adorned with wreaths of flowers. Macaulay.

olding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.

he form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake. Milton.

To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. Milton.

The outer membrane of the grains of pollen of flowering plants.

ss, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade." Milton.

A small bundle or collection; a compact cluster; as, a fascicle of fibers; a fascicle of flowers or roots.

Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.] Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells. Bacon.

s a token of affection; as, a marriage favor is a bunch or knot of white ribbons or white flowers worn at a wedding. Wear thou this favor for me, and stick it in thy cap. Shak.

To render fruitful or prolific; to impregnate; as, in flowers the pollen fecundates the ovum through the stigma.

nnel (Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed. -- Fennel flower (Bot.), an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. N.Damascena is common in gardens. N.sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These see…