the seed-bearing part of a plant, consisting of reproductive organs (stamens and carpels) that are typically surrounded by a brightly coloured corolla (petals) and a green calyx (sepals)

the finest individuals out of a number of people or things

he wasted the flower of French youth on his dreams of empire

used as a friendly form of address, especially to a woman or child

all right then, flower?

(of a plant) produce flowers; bloom

Michaelmas daisies can flower as late as October

be in or reach an optimum stage of development; develop fully and richly

she flowered into as striking a beauty as her mother