fragrance |
1. n. A pleasant smell or odour. | |
2. v. To apply a fragrance to; to perfume. | |
emanates |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of emanate | |
emanate |
1. v. (intransitive) To come from a source; issue from. | |
Fragrance emanates from flowers. | |
2. v. (transitive, rare) To send or give out; manifest. | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
flowers |
1. n. plural of flower | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of flower | |
flower |
1. n. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual reproduction. | |
2. n. (botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil. | |
3. n. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood. | |
We transplanted the flowers to a larger pot. | |
4. n. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms. | |
The dogwoods are in flower this week. | |
5. n. (euphemistic, hypocoristic) The vulva, especially the labia majora. | |
6. n. The best examples or representatives of a group. | |
We selected the flower of the applicants. | |
7. n. The best state of things; the prime. | |
She was in the flower of her life. | |
8. n. (obsolete) Flour. | |
9. n. (in the chemistry, obsolete) A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation. | |
the flowers of sulphur | |
10. n. A figure of speech; an ornament of style. | |
11. n. (printing) Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. | |
12. n. (in the plural) Menstrual discharges. | |
13. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To put forth blooms. | |
This plant flowers in June. | |
14. v. (lbl, en, transitive) To decorate with pictures of flowers. | |
15. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To reach a state of full development or achievement. | |
16. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. | |
17. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) To come off as flowers by sublimation. | |
18. n. (rare) Something that flows, such as a river. | |