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us of cactaceous plants having flattened, jointed stems, and petals united in a tube. The flowers are very showy, and several species are in cultivation.

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.

Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid.

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.

An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of language; high-flown diction.

ters, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction.

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

A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide, or a current, flows and reflows with violence, as the ancient fright of this name between Eubæa and Bæotia. Hence, a flux and reflux. Burke.

indebted; as, our accounts are even; an even bargain. To make the even truth in pleasure flow. Shak.

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.

eek his face evermore. Ps. cv. 4. And, behold, I am alive for evermore. Rev. i. 18. Which flow from the presence of God for evermore. Tillotson. I evermore did love you, Hermia. Shak.

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.

Running or flowing out; as: (Bot.)

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.