plural of flowering desert

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

Any beetle which feeds upon flowers, especially any of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, some of which are harmful to crops.

Cornus florida, a species of flowering plant native to North America.

plural of flower beetle

Christmas rose (Helleborus species) / An American orchid Cattleya maxima

(obsolete) buttercup

An assemblage of flowers which open and close at different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.

Amaranthus caudatus, an annual flowering plant, the love-lies-bleeding.

(archaic) Any of various marine animals resembling flowers, such as sea anemones, hydroids, starfishes, etc.