(architecture) An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, whose petals form a cup around it; usually inserted in a hollow moulding.

A composite herb, Tragopogon pratensis.

(obsolete) past participle of flow

The ornamental plant Crossandra infundibuliformis. / The ornamental plant Dichelostemma ida-maia.

A person who is very fragile and vulnerable as a result of having been sheltered. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hothouse, flower.

plural of flower-gentle

Quality or degree of (fluids and loose particulate solids) being flowable.

plural of flower-fence

A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana or Caesalpinia pulcherrima) with prickly branches and showy yellow or red flowers.

Any of various species of flower of the genera Gnaphalium, Helichrysum, Anaphalis, or Antennaria.