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Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.

Flowing. Their founts aflow with tears. R. Browning.

Having anomalous flowers.

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.

A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell- shaped flowers.

Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

See Cauliflower.

Any plant of the genus Rudbeckia; -- so called from the cone- shaped disk of the flower head. Also, any plant of the related genera Ratibida and Brauneria, the latter usually known as purple coneflower.

A thrashing floor. Hos. ix. 1.

A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.

Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

The pole flounder.

To flow across, or in a contrary direction. "His crossflowing course." Milton.

A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos- cuculi.

atensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos- cuculi).