flowers 1 of 2

plural of flower

flowers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of flower
as in leaves
to produce flowers the plant will keep flowering if you water it and regularly cut off the dead blossoms

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Noun
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    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • Both sums are weekly bests for Lake, who co-authored each song on the LP.
    Jim Asker, Billboard, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Members of Iranian paramilitary women forces (Basij) wear masks of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US elect Donald Trump with a red cross of it, during an anti-Israeli rally to show their solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese people, in Tehran, January 10, 2025.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • Their 2-1 victory there solidified their status as elect champions of Italy.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The new deal will allow over 330,000 rights holders to receive royalties where their music is used on Audius across a broad territorial footprint, including sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Some examples of passive income include rental income, dividends, royalties, and online businesses.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Flowers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flowers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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