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[flau-er] / ˈflaʊ ər /




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Wong also says chrysanthemums - "a classic funeral flower" in East Asian cultures - will also readily grow here.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The image freezes in time a single wingbeat from a common carder bumblebee as it prepares to land on a flower.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That’s why the movie ends with a little flower blooming in a dried tree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

By upgrading marriage registries with chandeliers, flower arches and poetry, local Chinese officials are glamorizing city hall weddings in hopes of encouraging young couples to marry and boost the nation’s declining birthrate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

After we’ve rested and eaten, she takes out two small bags of dried flower petals.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

A rustic stew pot nestled beside a little clutch of flowers?

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

"Clearing trees and dense bramble, followed by annual cutting and raking, is helping to restore these open habitats and the flowers and insects that depend on them", the trust added.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

But we realized that younger girls, especially teens, really love to build Lego flowers so we expanded the range.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, some ephemeral flowers, called “fire-followers,” can only be found after a blaze, when there aren’t any tall shrubs to steal the sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

From the corner of my eye, I spot something that I missed before—a vase of red flowers sitting on the windowsill.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

A veil rested on their heads, held by a satin flowered headband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

Each generation of banana plants had to grow for at least 12 months before researchers could test them for disease resistance and continue breeding once they flowered.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026

In just two minutes, the movie had delivered everything it promised: a snorting monkey, a sucker in a flowered shirt, a shot of an ominous tire swing and a closeup of a peeled cheekbone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

Cardinal Radcliffe said "pointless violence had flowered into friendship".

From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025

She rifles through her closet: the turquoise silk blouse with red buttons, the pale pink flowered dress with a ruffled hem.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Younger students have been using the outdoor classroom areas to talk and play games, while others have been watching figeater beetles and butterflies visit flowering trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Bishop and Baucom found that flower size and flowering time became linked in the morning glory populations during the relatively short nine-year study period.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Larger flowers may improve a plant's chances of attracting pollinators, while flowering earlier can help plants respond to changing environmental conditions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

The abrasive texture of shark skin repels barnacles and has inspired antimicrobial surface coatings for hospitals; the seeds of a flowering plant offer clues to the designers of probes destined for other worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

“Master,” he panted, and held out his offering—two branches of flowering plum.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park


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