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Flower bed   /flˈaʊər bɛd/   Listen
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Flower  n.  
1.
In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.
2.
(Bot.) That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla. Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly, an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens, consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther, in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower, and consists generally of three principal parts; one or more compartments at the base, each containing one or more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must find its way in order to fertilize the flower.
3.
The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth. "The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain." "The flower of the chivalry of all Spain." "A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms."
4.
Grain pulverized; meal; flour. (Obs.) "The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue."
5.
pl. (Old Chem.) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.
6.
A figure of speech; an ornament of style.
7.
pl. (Print.) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc.
8.
pl. Menstrual discharges.
Animal flower (Zool.) See under Animal.
Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet.
Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers.
Flower beetle (Zool.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers, esp. any one of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, family Nitidulidae, some of which are injurious to crops.
Flower bird (Zool.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters.
Flower bud, an unopened flower.
Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the florets are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of the daisy.
Flower pecker (Zool.), one of a family (Dicaeidae) of small Indian and Australian birds. They resemble humming birds in habits.
Flower piece.
(a)
A table ornament made of cut flowers.
(b)
(Fine Arts) A picture of flowers.
Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that supports the flower or fructification.





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"Flower bed" Quotes from Famous Books



... a cool, pleasant garden, and that Patricia came toward him through the long shadows of sunset. The lacy folds and furbelows and semi-transparencies that clothed her were now tinged with gold and now, as a hedge or a flower bed screened her from the level rays, were softened into multitudinous graduations of grays ...
— The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck - A Comedy of Limitations • James Branch Cabell
... done so, closing the door after me, I too ran outside, where some enormous black-and-white hens, led by the biggest rooster I had ever seen, were completing the utter destruction of our flower bed. ...
— A Woman Named Smith • Marie Conway Oemler
... themselves. They learn that they can be just as contented with homely enjoyments as they ever were when they sat passively and were amused by some one who made it his profession. A tramp through the woods in the fall when there is a tang of frost in the air; the satisfaction of a long-planned flower bed in full bloom; a winter evening with a log fire blazing on the living-room hearth; are simple but as genuine as any of the pleasures known to city folk. Better yet, they are not exhausting. "Few people are strong enough ...
— If You're Going to Live in the Country • Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
... tell me things,—things that you have done yourselves and succeeded or failed in. Especially about the failures. It is a great mistake for garden books and papers to insist that there is no such word in horticulture as fail, that every flower bed can be kept in full flower six months of the year, in addition to listing things that will bloom outdoors in winter in the Middle States, and give all floral measurements as if seen through a telephoto lens. It makes one feel ...
— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright
... Tom," continued Mr. Ellsworth pleasantly. "There is going to be work for old men and young men, for women and girls and boys—and scouts. And being a slacker consists in not doing the work which you ought to do. If a girl has a flower bed where she might grow tomatoes, and she grows roses there instead, you might call her ...
— Tom Slade with the Colors • Percy K. Fitzhugh


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