angiosperm, flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary

bloomer - a flower that blooms in a particular way; "a night bloomer"

paeony, peony - any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers

lesser celandine, pilewort, Ranunculus ficaria - perennial herb native to Europe but naturalized elsewhere having heart-shaped leaves and yellow flowers resembling buttercups; its tuberous roots have been used as a poultice to relieve piles

Adonis annua, pheasant's-eye - Eurasian herb cultivated for its dark-centered deep red flowers

anemone, windflower - any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

Anemonella thalictroides, rue anemone - woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate

aquilege, aquilegia, columbine - a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains

Consolida ambigua, Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspur - commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers; sometime placed in genus Delphinium

delphinium - any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances

nigella - any plant of the genus Nigella

peace lily, spathe flower, spathiphyllum - any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spite of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental

arum lily, calla, calla lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica - South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix

sandwort - low-growing chiefly perennial plants usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens

garden pink, pink - any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers

babies'-breath, baby's breath, Gypsophila paniculata - tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers

lychnis, catchfly - mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone

Moehringia lateriflora, sandwort - low-growing herb having clusters of small white-flowers 4-petaled flowers

Moehringia mucosa, sandwort - loosely matted plant with mosslike foliage studded with tiny starry 4-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe

bouncing Bess, bouncing Bet, hedge pink, Saponaria officinalis, soapwort - plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised

campion, catchfly, silene - any plant of the genus Silene

cow cockle, cowherb, Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata - European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort

fig marigold, pebble plant - any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers

globe amaranth, Gomphrena globosa, bachelor's button - tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color

Nyctaginia capitata, scarlet musk flower - viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers

umbrellawort - a plant of the genus Mirabilis

four o'clock - any of several plants of the genus Mirabilis having flowers that open in late afternoon

portulaca - a plant of the genus Portulaca having pink or red or purple or white ephemeral flowers

Carolina spring beauty, Claytonia caroliniana - similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America

Clatonia lanceolata, spring beauty - small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm

angiosperm, flowering plant - plants having seeds in a closed ovary

floret - a diminutive flower (especially one that is part of a composite flower)

apetalous flower - flower having no petals

inflorescence - the flowering part of a plant or arrangement of flowers on a stalk

ray floret, ray flower - small flower with a flat strap-shaped corolla usually occupying the peripheral rings of a composite flower

bud - a partially opened flower

stamen - the male reproductive organ of a flower

reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction

pistil - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma

carpel - a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil

ovary - the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

floral leaf - a modified leaf that is part of a flower

chlamys, floral envelope, perianth, perigone, perigonium - collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils

chrysanthemum - the flower of a chrysanthemum plant

period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"

golden age - a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema"

develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; "A flower developed on the branch"; "The country developed into a mighty superpower"; "The embryo develops into a fetus"; "This situation has developed over a long time"

effloresce, burst forth - burst forth into or as if into flower; "These manifestations effloresced in the past"