English > flower: 4 senses > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. |
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| Narrower | African daisy | Any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers |
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| African daisy, yellow ageratum, Lonas inodora, Lonas annua | shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers |
| African daisy | African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers |
| African violet, Saintpaulia ionantha | Tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers |
| Carolina spring beauty, Claytonia caroliniana | Similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers |
| China aster, Callistephus chinensis | Valued for their beautiful flowers in a wide range of clear bright colors |
| Christmas bells | Any of several plants of the genus Blandfordia having large orange or crimson flowers |
| 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 |
| Malcolm stock, stock | Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia |
| Mexican sunflower, tithonia | Any plant of the genus Tithonia |
| Swan River daisy, Brachycome Iberidifolia | western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays |
| Texas star, Lindheimera texana | Texas annual with coarsely pinnatifid leaves |
| Virginia spring beauty, Claytonia virginica | small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers |
| Virginian stock, Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima | Erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers |
| achimenes, hot water plant | Any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias |
| ageratum | Any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers |
| ammobium | Any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage |
| anemone, windflower | Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves |
| aster | Any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers |
| baby's breath, babies'-breath, Gypsophila paniculata | tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers |
| bartonia, Mentzelia lindleyi | annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers |
| 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 |
| bellwort, merry bells, wild oats | Any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers |
| billy buttons | Any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers |
| blazing star, Mentzelia livicaulis, Mentzelia laevicaulis | 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 |
| bloomer | A flower that blooms in a particular way |
| blue-eyed African daisy, Arctotis stoechadifolia, Arctotis venusta | bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers |
| blue daisy, blue marguerite, Felicia amelloides | hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays |
| brass buttons, Cotula coronopifolia | South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads |
| bush violet, browallia | Any of several herbs of the genus Browallia cultivated for their blue or violet or white flowers |
| butterfly flower, poor man's orchid, schizanthus | Any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers |
| calceolaria, slipperwort | Any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip |
| calendula | Any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers |
| calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica | South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix |
| candytuft | Any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers |
| cape marigold, sun marigold, star of the veldt | Any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage |
| catananche | Any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers |
| centaury | Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium |
| chrysanthemum | Any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum |
| cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus | herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers |
| columbine, aquilegia, aquilege | A plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers |
| commelina | Any plant of the genus Commelina |
| composite, composite plant | Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers |
| 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 |
| coneflower | Any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones |
| coral drops, Bessera elegans | Half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers |
| cornflower, bachelor's button, bluebottle, Centaurea cyanus | An annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers |
| corydalis | A plant of the genus Corydalis with beautiful compound foliage and spurred tubular flowers |
| cosmos, cosmea | Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves |
| cotton rose, cudweed, filago | Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads |
| cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria | European annual with pale rose-colored flowers |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| daisy | Any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl |
| damask violet, Dame's violet, sweet rocket, Hesperis matronalis | long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening |
| delphinium | Any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers |
| fig marigold, pebble plant | Any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white 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 |
| four o'clock | Any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon |
| gazania | Any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers |
| gentian | Any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera ... / genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis |
| gerardia | Any plant of the genus Gerardia |
| globe amaranth, bachelor's button, Gomphrena globosa | Tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color |
| heliophila | Any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes |
| horn poppy, horned poppy, yellow horned poppy, sea poppy, Glaucium flavum | yellow-flowered Eurasian glaucous herb naturalized in along sandy shores in eastern North America |
| kingfisher daisy, Felicia bergeriana | softly hairy South African herb having flowers with bright blue rays |
| lace-flower vine, Alsobia dianthiflora, Episcia dianthiflora | low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers |
| lesser celandine, pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria | perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups |
| lychnis, catchfly | Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects |
| marigold | Any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers |
| mistflower, mist-flower, ageratum, Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum | rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers |
| nigella | Any plant of the genus Nigella |
| orchid, orchidaceous plant | Any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors |
| oxeye daisy, ox-eyed daisy, marguerite, moon daisy, white daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum | tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers |
| painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum | spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers |
| peony, paeony | Any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers |
| petunia | Any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers |
| pheasant's-eye, Adonis annua | Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers |
| pink, garden pink | Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers |
| poppy | annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers |
| portulaca | A plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers |
| prairie rocket | Any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers |
| prairie rocket | Any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers |
| red valerian, French honeysuckle, Centranthus ruber | European herb with small fragrant crimson or white spurred flowers |
| rocket larkspur, Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis | commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers |
| rue anemone, Anemonella thalictroides | woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate |
| sandwort | low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens |
| sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora | low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers |
| sandwort, Moehringia mucosa | Loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms |
| scabious, scabiosa | Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa |
| scarlet musk flower, Nyctaginia capitata | viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers |
| schizopetalon, Schizopetalon walkeri | A dainty South American annual having deeply pinnatifid leaves and racemes of fringed almond-scented purple-white flowers |
| scorpionweed, scorpion weed, phacelia | Any plant of the genus Phacelia |
| shortia | Any plant of the genus Shortia |
| silene, campion, catchfly | Any plant of the genus Silene |
| snapdragon | A garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon |
| soapwort, hedge pink, bouncing Bet, bouncing Bess, Saponaria officinalis | plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised |
| sowbread, Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanum | Common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers |
| spathiphyllum, peace lily, spathe flower | 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 |
| spring beauty, Clatonia lanceolata | 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 |
| stock, gillyflower | Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers |
| stokes' aster, cornflower aster, Stokesia laevis | Erect perennial of southeastern United States having large heads of usually blue flowers |
| streptocarpus | Any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses |
| sunflower, helianthus | Any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays |
| sweet alyssum, sweet alison, Lobularia maritima | perennial European plant having clusters of small fragrant usually white flowers |
| sweet sultan, Amberboa moschata, Centaurea moschata | Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers |
| sweet sultan, Centaurea imperialis | perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq |
| tidytips, tidy tips, Layia platyglossa | California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white |
| toadflax, butter-and-eggs, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris | Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers |
| tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa | A tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers |
| umbrellawort | A plant of the genus Mirabilis |
| ursinia | Any of various plants of the genus Ursinia grown for their yellow- or orange- or white-rayed flowers |
| valerian | A plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers |
| verbena, vervain | Any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers |
| veronica, speedwell | Any plant of the genus Veronica |
| wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri | perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange |
| wallflower | Any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers |
| wandflower, Sparaxis tricolor | A showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers |
| western wall flower, Erysimum asperum, Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanum | biennial or short-lived perennial prairie ... / prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers |
| white-topped aster | herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits |
| woodland star, Lithophragma affine, Lithophragma affinis, Tellima affinis | California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals |
| xeranthemum | Any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers |
| zinnia, old maid, old maid flower | Any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads |
| Broader | angiosperm, flowering plant | plants having seeds in a closed ovary |
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| Spanish | flor |
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| Catalan | flor |
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| Adjectives | floral | relating to or associated with flowers |
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| flowery | of or relating to or suggestive of flowers |
| Verbs | flower | produce or yield flowers |
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