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Without bracteoles, or little bracts; -- said of a pedicel or flower stalk.

Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors.

A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.

A large, coarse herb (Inula Helenium), with composite yellow flowers. The root, which has a pungent taste, is used as a tonic, and was formerly of much repute as a stomachic.

dhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. Hawthorne.

g the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower.

To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character.

A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society.

rth from a source; to flow out from more or less constantly; as, fragrance emanates from flowers.

ds from any object as a source; efflux; an effluence; as, perfume is an emanation from a flower. An emanation of the indwelling life. Bryant.

To bring down or lower, as in position, value, etc.; to debase; to degrade; to deteriorate. [Obs.] Embased the valleys, and embossed the hills. Sylvester. Alloy in coin of gold . . . may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. Bacon. Such pitiful embellishments of speech as serve for nothing but to embase d…

; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.

to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.

the like. Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed Androgeo's death. Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.

To embroider; to adorn. [Obs.] Embrowded was he, as it were a mead All full of fresshe flowers, white and red. Chaucer.

Allopathy; -- a term used by followers of Hahnemann, or homeopathists.

An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc. [Written also encarpa.]

A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.