(India) Chinese hibiscus

(US, finance, historical) A Treasury bond that could be purchased at less than face value, but upon the holder's death could be redeemed for full face value for the purpose of paying federal estate taxes.

plural of flower bond

(historical) The standard alloy of silver with copper and lead used in the ingot currency of Burma.

plural of flower girl

A perennial herb, Platycodon grandiflorus, from Asia, having ornamental blue star-shaped flowers.

(botany) Any plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm.

Various deciduous perennial flowering plants, of the genus Pulsatilla, found in clumps in certain grassland areas.

the hover-fly

The flower officially chosen as a symbol for a state of the United States.