* FLOWERS * LEI a wreath of flowers [n -S] MAY to gather flowers in the spring [v -ED, -ING, -S] / used as an auxiliary to express permission [v present 2d person sing. MAY, MAYEST, or MAYST, past tense MIGHT] ARUM a flowering plant [n -S] CYME a flower cluster [n -S] HAKU a crown of flowers [n -S] HOYA a flowering plant [n -S] IXIA a flowering plant [n -S] LILY a flowering plant [n LILIES] : LILYLIKE [adj] POSY a flower or bouquet [n -SIES] ROSE to make the color of a rose (a reddish flower) [v ROSED, ROSING, ROSES] ROSY rose-colored [adj ROSIER, ROSIEST] AJUGA a flowering plant [n -S] AROID a flowering plant [n -S] ASTER a flowering plant [n -S] BLOOM to bear flowers [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BLOOMY, BLOOMER(s) BLUET a meadow flower [n -S] BLUME to {blossom=v} [v BLUMED, BLUMING, BLUMES] CALYX the outer protective covering of a flower [n -LYXES or -LYCES]: CALYCATE CALYCEAL CALYCINE [adj] CROCI [n] DAISY a flowering plant [n -SIES] : DAISIED [adj] GOWAN a {daisy=n} [n -S] : GOWANED, GOWANY [adj] IXORA a flowering plant [n -S] LILAC a flowering shrub [n -S] LUPIN {lupine=n} [n -S] ORRIS a flowering plant [n -RISES] OXEYE a flowering plant [n -S] OXLIP a flowering plant [n -S] PANSY a flowering plant [n -SIES] PEONY a flowering plant [n -NIES] PETAL a leaflike part of a corolla [n -S] : PETALED, PETALLED [adj] PHLOX a flowering plant [n -ES] POPPY a flowering plant [n -PIES] RIBES a flowering shrub [n RIBES] RUBUS a plant of the rose family [n RUBUS] SALEP a starchy meal ground from the roots of certain orchids [n -S] SEDUM a flowering plant [n -S] SEPAL one of the individual leaves of a calyx [n -S] : SEPALED, SEPALINE, SEPALLED, SEPALOID, SEPALOUS [adj] SOTOL a flowering plant [n -S] SUMAC a flowering tree or shrub [n -S] : SUMACH(s) TULIP a flowering plant [n -S] : TULIPLIKE, TULIPWOOD(s) UMBEL a type of flower cluster [n -S] : UMBELED, UMBELLAR, UMBELLED [adj] VANDA a tropical orchid [n -S] VINCA a flowering plant [n -S] WAHOO a flowering shrub [n -HOOS] ABLOOM blooming [adj] ACACIA a flowering tree or shrub [n -S] ALTHEA a flowering plant [n -S] : ALTHAEA(s) ANTHER the pollen-bearing part of a stamen [n -S] : ANTHERAL [adj] AZALEA a flowering shrub [n -S] BLOOMY covered with flowers [adj BLOOMIER, BLOOMIEST] CARPEL a simple pistil [n -S] CATKIN a flower cluster [n -S] : CATKINATE [adj] CISTUS a flowering shrub [n -ES] CLIVIA a flowering plant [n -S] CORYMB a flower cluster [n -S] : CORYMBED [adj] CROCUS a flowering plant [n -CUSES or -CI] DAHLIA a flowering plant [n -S] DAPHNE a flowering shrub [n -S] DATURA a flowering plant [n -S] : DATURIC [adj] FLORAL pertaining to flowers [adj] : FLORALLY [adv] / a design in which flowers predominate [n -S] FLORET a small flower [n -S] : FLORET FLOWERET FLOWERETTE FLOWER to put forth flowers (reproductive structures of seed-bearing plants) [v -ED, -ING, -S] FUNKIA a flowering plant [n -S] LUPINE a flowering plant [n -S] : LUPIN(s) MALLOW a flowering plant [n -S] MAYING the gathering of spring flowers [n -S] MAYPOP a flowering vine [n -S] MEDICK a flowering plant [n -S] ORCHID a flowering plant [n -S] : ORCHIS, ORCHIDLIKE ORCHIS an {orchid=n} [n -CHISES] OXALIS a flowering plant [n -ALISES] : OXALIC [adj] PISTIL the seed-bearing organ of flowering plants [n -S] : PISTILLATE PRUNUS a flowering tree [n -ES] RACEME a mode of arrangement of flowers along an axis [n -S] : RACEMED [adj] RESEDA a flowering plant [n -S] ROSERY a place where roses are grown [n -ERIES] RUGOSA a variety of garden rose [n -S] SALVIA a flowering plant [n -S] SCILLA a flowering plant [n -S] SHASTA a flowering plant [n -S] SPADIX a flower cluster [n -DICES or -DIXES] SPIREA a flowering shrub [n -S] STAMEN the pollen-bearing organ of flowering plants [n -S] : STAMENED [adj] SUMACH {sumac=n} [n -S] TEASEL to raise a soft surface on fabric with a bristly flower head [v -SELED, -SELING, -SELS or -SELLED, -SELLING, -SELS] VIOLET a flowering plant [n -S] WICOPY a flowering shrub [n -PIES] : WICKAPE(s) WREATH a band of flowers [n -S] : WREATHY [adj] ALTHAEA {althea=n} [n -S] ALYSSUM a flowering plant [n -S] ANEMONE a flowering plant [n -S] ANTHOID resembling a flower [adj] APETALY the state of having no petals [n -ALIES] BIZARRE a strangely striped flower [n -S] BLUECAP a flowering plant [n -S] BLOOMER a blooming plant [n -S] BLOSSOM to {bloom=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BLOSSOMY BOUQUET a bunch of flowers [n -S] CALYCLE an outer calyx [n -S] CATCLAW a flowering shrub [n -S] CELOSIA a flowering plant [n -S] CHAMISO a flowering shrub [n -SOS] COROLLA a protective covering of a flower [n -S] CORSAGE a small bouquet of flowers [n -S] COWSLIP a flowering plant [n -S] CROCINE pertaining to the crocus [adj] DAYLILY a flowering plant [n -LILIES] DICLINY the state of having stamens and pistils in separate flowers [n -NIES] FELWORT a flowering plant [n -S] FIGWORT a flowering plant [n -S] FLORIST a grower or seller of flowers [n -S] FLOWERY abounding in flowers [adj -ERIER, -ERIEST] FUCHSIA a flowering shrub [n -S] GALLICA a European rose [n -S] GARLAND to deck with wreaths of flowers [v -ED, -ING, -S] GENTIAN a flowering plant [n -S] GERBERA an {herb=n} [n -S] GYNECIA [n] : GYNAECEA GYNAECIA GYNECIA GYNOECIA (-UM singulars) IKEBANA the Japanese art of flower arranging [n -S] IPOMOEA a flowering plant [n -S] JONQUIL a perennial herb [n -S] LOBELIA a flowering plant [n -S] LOGANIA designating a family of flowering plants [adj] LYCHNIS a flowering plant [n -NISES] MADWORT a flowering plant [n -S] MAHONIA a flowering shrub [n -S] MAYBUSH a flowering shrub [n -ES] MELILOT a flowering plant [n -S] MORELLE a flowering plant [n -S] MUGWORT a flowering plant [n -S] NOSEGAY a {bouquet=n} [n -GAYS] PANICLE a loosely branched flower cluster [n -S] : PANICLED [adj] PEDICEL a slender basal part of an organism [n -S] : PEDICELLATE, PEDICLE(s) PEDICLE {pedicel=n} [n -S] : PEDICLED [adj] PELORIA abnormal regularity of a flower form [n -S] : PELORIAN, PELORIC [adj] POGONIA a small orchid [n -S] PRIMULA {primrose=n} [n -S] RAGWORT a flowering plant [n -S] REBLOOM [v -ED, -ING, -S] RHODORA a flowering shrub [n -S] ROSEATE rose-colored [adj] : ROSEATELY ROSEBAY an evergreen shrub [n -BAYS] ROSEBUD the bud of a rose [n -S] ROSEHIP the aggregate fruit of the rose plant [n -S] ROSETTE an ornament resembling a rose [n -S] SAFFRON a flowering plant [n -S] SENECIO a flowering plant [n -CIOS] STATICE a flowering plant [n -S] TARWEED a flowering plant [n -S] THYRSUS a type of flower cluster [n -SI] : THYRSOID [adj] VERBENA a flowering plant [n -S] VERVAIN a flowering plant [n -S] WEIGELA a flowering shrub [n -S] : WEIGELIA(s) WICKAPE {wicopy=n} [n -S] ABUTILON a flowering plant [n -S] AGERATUM a flowering plant [n -S] AGUEWEED a flowering plant [n -S] ALLOGAMY fertilization of a flower by pollen from another [n -MIES] ALUMROOT a flowering plant [n -S] AMARANTH a flowering plant [n -S] : AMARANTHINE [adj] ANGELICA an aromatic herb [n -S] : ANGELICAL ANGLEPOD a flowering plant [n -S] ANTHESIS the full bloom of a flower [n -THESES] ANTHODIA flower heads of certain plants [n] ARETHUSA a flowering plant [n -S] ASPHODEL a flowering plant [n -S] ATAMASCO a flowering plant [n -COS] AUBRETIA {aubrieta=n} [n -S] : AUBRETIA AUBRIETA AUBRIETIA AUBRIETA a flowering plant [n -S] : AUBRETIA AUBRIETA AUBRIETIA AUTOGAMY fertilization of a flower by its own pollen [n -MIES] BAPTISIA a flowering plant [n -S] BEFLOWER to cover with flowers [v -ED, -ING, -S] BELLWORT a flowering plant [n -S] BIRDSEYE a flowering plant [n -S] BLOOMERY a furnace for smelting iron [n -ERIES] BLOSSOMY having blossoms [adj] BLUEBELL a flowering plant [n -S] CACHEPOT an ornamental container for a flowerpot [n -S] CALYCATE {calycine=adj} [adj] CALYCEAL {calycine=adj} [adj] CALYCINE pertaining to a {calyx=n} [adj] CALYCULI small, cup-shaped structures [n] CALYPTER {calyptra=n} [n -S] CALYPTRA a hood-shaped organ of flowers [n -S] CAMPHIRE a flowering plant [n -S] CAPITULA flower clusters [n] CATTLEYA a tropical orchid [n -S] CHENOPOD a flowering plant [n -S] CLEMATIS a flowering vine [n -TISES] CROWFOOT a flowering plant [n -FOOTS or -FEET] CYCLAMEN a flowering plant [n -S] CYMBIDIA tropical orchids [n] : CYMBIDIUM(s) DAFFODIL a flowering plant [n -S] DAMEWORT a flowering plant [n -S] DANEWEED a {danewort=n} [n -S] DANEWORT a flowering plant [n -S] DEFLOWER to deprive of flowers [v -ED, -ING, -S] : DEFLOWERER(s) DICENTRA a perennial herb (bleeding heart) [n -S] DICHASIA flower clusters [n] DIDYNAMY the state of having four stamens in pairs of unequal length [n -MIES] EGLATERE a wild rose [n -S] EPICALYX a set of bracts close to and resembling a calyx [n -LYXES or -LYCES] ERIGERON an {herb=n} [n -S] : FLEABANE(s) EUCHARIS a flowering plant [n -RISES] FIREPINK a flowering plant [n -S] FLEABANE a flowering plant [n -S] : ERIGERON(s) FLOWERER a plant that flowers at a certain time [n -S] FLOWERET a {floret=n} [n -S] : FLORET FLOWERET FLOWERETTE FOGFRUIT a flowering plant [n -S] FOXGLOVE a flowering plant [n -S] GERANIUM a flowering plant [n -S] GERARDIA an {herb=n} [n -S] GESNERIA designating a type of flowering plant [adj] GLADIOLA a flowering plant [n -S] GLADIOLI segments of the sternum [n] GYNAECEA {gynecia=n} [n] : GYNAECEA GYNAECIA GYNECIA GYNOECIA (-UM singulars) GYNAECIA {gynecia=n} [n] : GYNAECEA GYNAECIA GYNECIA GYNOECIA (-UM singulars) GYNECIUM the pistil of a flower [n -CIA] : GYNOECIUM GYNOECIA {gynecia=n} [n] : GYNAECEA GYNAECIA GYNECIA GYNOECIA (-UM singulars) HEPATICA a perennial herb [n -CAS or -CAE] HOMOGAMY the bearing of sexually similar flowers [n -MIES] HOMOGONY the condition of having flowers with uniform stamens and pistils [n -NIES] HUISACHE a flowering plant [n -S] HYACINTH a flowering plant [n -S] : HYACINTHINE [adj] HYPOGYNY the condition of having flowers with organs situated below the ovary [n -NIES] JAROVIZE to hasten the flowering of a plant [v -VIZED, -VIZING, -VIZES] LABELLUM the lower petal of an orchid [n -LA] LARKSPUR a flowering plant [n -S] LEPIDOTE a flowering shrub [n -S] MAGNOLIA a flowering shrub or tree [n -S] MARIGOLD a flowering plant [n -S] MARIPOSA a flowering plant [n -S] MARTAGON a flowering plant [n -S] MEZEREON a flowering shrub [n -S] : MEZEREUM(s) MEZEREUM {mezereon=n} [n -S] MILKWORT a flowering plant [n -S] MOONWORT a flowering plant [n -S] MYOSOTIS a flowering plant [n -TISES] NARCISSI [n] NINEBARK a flowering shrub [n -S] OLEANDER a flowering shrub [n -S] OLEASTER a flowering shrub [n -S] ONCIDIUM a tropical orchid [n -S] OUTBLOOM to surpass in blooming [v -ED, -ING, -S] PEDUNCLE a flower stalk [n -S] PERIANTH an outer covering of a flower [n -S] PETALINE resembling a {petal=n} [adj] PETALODY the metamorphosis of various floral organs into petals [n -DIES] PETALOID resembling a {petal=n} [adj] PETALOUS having petals [adj] : APETALOUS PLUMERIA a flowering shrub [n -S] POLYGALA a flowering plant [n -S] PRIMROSE a perennial herb [n -S] REFLOWER [v -ED, -ING, -S] RICHWEED a flowering plant [n -S] ROCKROSE a flowering plant [n -S] ROSARIAN a cultivator of roses [n -S] ROSARIUM a rose garden [n -IA or -IUMS] ROSEBUSH a shrub that bears roses [n -ES] ROSEFISH a marine food fish [n -ES] ROSELIKE resembling a rose [adj] ROSEMARY an evergreen shrub [n -MARIES] ROSEROOT a perennial herb [n -S] ROSESLUG a larval sawfly that eats rose leaves [n -S] ROSEWOOD a tropical tree [n -S] ROSINESS the state of being rosy [n -ES] ROSULATE arranged in the form of a rosette [adj] SANDWORT a flowering plant [n -S] SATINPOD a flowering plant [n -S] SCABIOUS a flowering plant [n -ES] SHADBUSH a flowering tree or shrub [n -ES] SNAPWEED a flowering plant [n -S] SNOWBELL a flowering shrub [n -S] SNOWBUSH a flowering shrub [n -ES] SOLIDAGO a flowering plant [n -GOS] SOURWOOD a flowering tree [n -S] SOWBREAD a flowering plant [n -S] SPIKELET a type of flower cluster [n -S] STARWORT a flowering plant [n -S] SUNCHOKE a type of sunflower [n -S] SUNDROPS a flowering plant [n SUNDROPS] TICKSEED a flowering plant [n -S] TORNILLO a flowering shrub [n -LOS] TRILLIUM a flowering plant [n -S] TUBEROSE a Mexican herb [n -S] VERTICIL a circular arrangement, as of flowers or leaves, about a point on an axis [n -S] VIBURNUM a flowering shrub [n -S] WEIGELIA {weigela=n} [n -S] WISTARIA {wisteria=n} [n -S] WISTERIA a flowering shrub [n -S] : WISTARIA(s) XANTHEIN the water-soluble part of the coloring matter in yellow flowers [n -S] AMARYLLIS [n -ES] ANDROECIA ANTHURIUM [n -S] APETALOUS not having petals [adj] : PETALOUS AUBRIETIA [n -S] : AUBRETIA AUBRIETA AUBRIETIA BLOOMLESS BROWALLIA [n -S] COLUMBINE [n -S] CREAMCUPS [n] CYMBIDIUM [n -S] : CYMBIDIA DANDELION [n -S] DAYFLOWER [n -S] DELPHINIA EDELWEISS [n -ES] EUPHORBIA [n -S] FLOWERAGE [n -S] FLOWERFUL FLOWERILY FLOWERPOT [n -S] GYNOECIUM (gynecium=n) [n -CIA] : GYNAECEUM GYNAECIUM GYNECIUM GYNOECIUM (-CIA plurals) GYNAECEUM (gynecium=n) [n -CIA] : GYNAECEUM GYNAECIUM GYNECIUM GYNOECIUM (-CIA plurals) GYNAECIUM (gynecium=n) [n -CIA] : GYNAECEUM GYNAECIUM GYNECIUM GYNOECIUM (-CIA plurals) HOLLYHOCK [n -S] JESSAMINE [n -S] MALPIGHIA a flowering plant MAYFLOWER [n -S] NARCISSUS a bulbous flowering plant [n -ISSUSES or -ISSI] PETALLIKE POPPYCOCK [n -S] POPPYHEAD [n -S] ROSACEOUS ROSEWATER [n -S] SAFFLOWER [n -S] SUNFLOWER [n -S] SYMPETALY [n -LIES] : SYMPETALOUS [adj] TULIPLIKE TULIPWOOD [n -S] TWAYBLADE a type of orchid [n -S] UPSADAISY [interj] ANDROECIUM whorl of stamens [n -CIA] BELLFLOWER [n -S] CINQUEFOIL [n -S] CONEFLOWER [n -S] CORNFLOWER [n -S] DEFLOWERER [n -S] DELPHINIUM [n -S] FLOWERETTE [n -S] : FLORET FLOWERET FLOWERETTE FLOWERLESS [adj] FLOWERLIKE [adj] FOAMFLOWER [n -S] IMMORTELLE [n -S] MOONFLOWER [n -S] ORCHIDLIKE [adj] PIPSISSEWA spotted wintergreen [n -S] STARFLOWER [n -S] TURTLEHEAD [n -S] TWINFLOWER [n -S] WALLFLOWER [n -S] WILDFLOWER [n -S] WINDFLOWER [n -S] CAULIFLOWER [n -S] : CAULIFLOWERET(s) FLOWERINESS [n -ES] GILLYFLOWER [n -S] GLOBEFLOWER [n -S] STRAWFLOWER [n -S] ULTRAVIOLET [n -S] CLEISTOGAMY flower that fertilizes self in bud [n -GAMIES] : CLEISTOGAMIC CLEISTOGAMOUS CUCKOOFLOWER [n -S] EVERBLOOMING [adj] GAMOPETALOUS [adj] HEMEROCALLIS a daylily [n -ES] NONFLOWERING [adj] ORCHIDACEOUS [adj] PASQUEFLOWER [n -S] POLYPETALOUS [adj] RHODODENDRON [n -S] BLANKETFLOWER [n -S] CAULIFLOWERET [n -S] CLEISTOGAMOUS [adj] : CLEISTOGAMOUSLY PASSIONFLOWER [n -S] CHINCHERINCHEE a type of lily [n -S] * List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka