flower

1. A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (synset 111690372)
   is a type of: angiosperm, flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary
   subtypes:

   • bloomer - a flower that blooms in a particular way
   • paeony, peony - any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
   • lesser celandine, pilewort, ranunculus ficaria - perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles
   • adonis annua, pheasant's-eye - Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers
   • anemone, windflower - any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
   • anemonella thalictroides, rue anemone - woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate
   • aquilege, aquilegia, columbine - a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
   • consolida ambigua, delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur - commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium
   • delphinium - any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
   • nigella - any plant of the genus Nigella
   • peace lily, spathe flower, spathiphyllum - any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental
   • arum lily, calla, calla lily, zantedeschia aethiopica - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
   • sandwort - low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
   • garden pink, pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
   • babies'-breath, baby's breath, gypsophila paniculata - tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers
   • catchfly, lychnis - mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
   • moehringia lateriflora, sandwort - low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers
   • moehringia mucosa, sandwort - loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
   • bouncing bess, bouncing bet, hedge pink, saponaria officinalis, soapwort - plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
   • campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene
   • cow cockle, cowherb, saponaria vaccaria, vaccaria hispanica, vaccaria pyramidata - European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
   • fig marigold, pebble plant - any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
   • bachelor's button, globe amaranth, gomphrena globosa - tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
   • nyctaginia capitata, scarlet musk flower - viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
   • umbrellawort - a plant of the genus Mirabilis
   • four o'clock - any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon
   • portulaca - a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers
   • carolina spring beauty, claytonia caroliniana - similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America
   • clatonia lanceolata, spring beauty - small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
   • claytonia virginica, virginia spring beauty - small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America
   • cheiranthus cheiri, erysimum cheiri, wallflower - perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum
   • prairie rocket - any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers
   • wallflower - any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
   • prairie rocket - any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
   • cheiranthus asperus, erysimum arkansanum, erysimum asperum, western wall flower - biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
   • heliophila - any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
   • damask violet, dame's violet, hesperis matronalis, sweet rocket - long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
   • candytuft - any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region
   • lobularia maritima, sweet alison, sweet alyssum - perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers; widely grown in gardens
   • malcolm stock, stock - any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
   • malcolmia maritima, virginia stock, virginian stock - erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania
   • gillyflower, stock - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
   • schizopetalon, schizopetalon walkeri - a dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers
   • poppy - annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
   • corydalis - a plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers
   • glaucium flavum, horn poppy, horned poppy, sea poppy, yellow horned poppy - yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America
   • composite, composite plant - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
   • ageratum - any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers
   • amberboa moschata, centaurea moschata, sweet sultan - Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea
   • ammobium - any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage
   • african daisy - any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers
   • arctotis stoechadifolia, arctotis venusta, blue-eyed african daisy - bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
   • aster - any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
   • daisy - any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
   • brachycome iberidifolia, swan river daisy - western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays
   • calendula - any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
   • callistephus chinensis, china aster - valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors; grown primarily for cutting
   • catananche - any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers
   • bachelor's button, bluebottle, centaurea cyanus, cornflower - an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
   • centaurea imperialis, sweet sultan - perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers
   • chrysanthemum - any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated
   • ageratum, conoclinium coelestinum, eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower - rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
   • cosmea, cosmos - any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals
   • brass buttons, cotula coronopifolia - South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental
   • billy buttons - any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand
   • dahlia, dahlia pinnata - any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
   • cape marigold, star of the veldt, sun marigold - any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage
   • coneflower - any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center
   • blue daisy, blue marguerite, felicia amelloides - hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays
   • felicia bergeriana, kingfisher daisy - softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays
   • cotton rose, cudweed, filago - any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
   • gazania - any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers
   • african daisy - African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers
   • helianthus, sunflower - any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
   • layia platyglossa, tidy tips, tidytips - California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
   • chrysanthemum leucanthemum, leucanthemum vulgare, marguerite, moon daisy, ox-eyed daisy, oxeye daisy, white daisy - tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
   • lindheimera texana, texas star - Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves; cultivated for its showy radiate yellow flower heads
   • african daisy, lonas annua, lonas inodora, yellow ageratum - shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers
   • cineraria, pericallis cruenta, senecio cruentus - herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers
   • florest's cineraria, pericallis hybrida - herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue
   • coneflower - any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones
   • white-topped aster - herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
   • cornflower aster, stokes' aster, stokesia laevis - erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers
   • marigold - any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers
   • chrysanthemum coccineum, painted daisy, pyrethrum, tanacetum coccineum - spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum
   • mexican sunflower, tithonia - any plant of the genus Tithonia; tall coarse herbs or shrubs of Mexico to Panama having large flower heads resembling sunflowers with yellow disc florets and golden-yellow to orange-scarlet rays
   • easter daisy, stemless daisy, townsendia exscapa - dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona
   • ursinia - any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers
   • xeranthemum - any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers
   • old maid, old maid flower, zinnia - any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
   • blazing star, mentzelia laevicaulis, mentzelia livicaulis - biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning
   • bartonia, mentzelia lindleyi - annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers
   • orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
   • cyclamen, cyclamen purpurascens - Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
   • cyclamen hederifolium, cyclamen neopolitanum, sowbread - common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers
   • shortia - any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers
   • centaury - any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
   • gentian - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
   • begonia - any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes
   • sparaxis tricolor, wandflower - a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers
   • bessera elegans, coral drops - half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
   • christmas bells - any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers
   • bellwort, merry bells, wild oats - any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
   • polianthes tuberosa, tuberose - a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers
   • commelina - any plant of the genus Commelina
   • scabiosa, scabious - any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
   • lithophragma affine, lithophragma affinis, tellima affinis, woodland star - California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima
   • achimenes, hot water plant - any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
   • alsobia dianthiflora, episcia dianthiflora, lace-flower vine - low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia
   • african violet, saintpaulia ionantha - tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
   • streptocarpus - any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses
   • phacelia, scorpion weed, scorpionweed - any plant of the genus Phacelia
   • snapdragon - a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
   • calceolaria, slipperwort - any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip
   • gerardia - any plant of the genus Gerardia
   • butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, linaria vulgaris, toadflax, wild snapdragon - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
   • speedwell, veronica - any plant of the genus Veronica
   • browallia, bush violet - any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers
   • petunia - any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
   • butterfly flower, poor man's orchid, schizanthus - any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers
   • verbena, vervain - any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers
   • valerian - a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
   • centranthus ruber, french honeysuckle, red valerian - European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers
2. Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts (synset 111689786)
   is a type of: reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction
   subtypes:

   • floret, floweret - a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)
   • apetalous flower - flower having no petals
   • inflorescence - the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk
   • ray floret, ray flower - small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower
   • bud - a partially opened flower
   • chrysanthemum - the flower of a chrysanthemum plant
   has:

   • stamen - the male reproductive organ of a flower
   • pistil - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma
   • carpel - a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil
   • ovary - the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
   • floral leaf - a modified leaf that is part of a flower
   • chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
   is a part of: angiosperm, flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary
   same as: bloom, blossom
3. The period of greatest prosperity or productivity (synset 115320288)
   is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   subtypes: golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak
   same as: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, heyday, peak, prime

1. Produce or yield flowers (synset 200295007)
   "The cherry tree bloomed"
   is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
   subtypes: burst forth, effloresce - come into or as if into flower
   same as: bloom, blossom

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