Collocations withflower

These are words often used in combination withflower.

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artificial flower
The next is the ostrich and fancy feather and artificial flower wages council, covering about 500 employees.
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beautiful flower
The purpose of my supplementary question will appear like a beautiful flower opening in the sun.
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bell-shaped flower
The inflorescence is a panicle of bell-shaped flower heads containing disc florets.
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blue flower
But, if a blue flower appeared gray in the twilight, what was its "true" color at that time?
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cut flower
For example, tissue culture techniques mean that a plant of a vegetatively propagated variety may be obtained from a cut flower.
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daisylike flower
The inflorescence is a solitary daisylike flower head on a tall, erect peduncle.
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delicate flower
It is still a delicate flower, but some notice is being taken of it.
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double flowers
There are several hundred selected cultivars in a range of colours, sizes and forms; many have double flowers, with the stamens modified into additional petals.
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dried flower
The dried flower stalks, which are extremely light, were bound together with flax twine to make river rafts called mokihi.
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exotic flowers
Acrobats contort themselves with the grace of exotic flowers on the end of their stems; flowers and foliage abound everywhere.
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female flower
Therefore, a conservative approach was taken and the total number of ovules per rachilla was determined by multiplying the number of ovules per female flower by four.
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flower bud
Reproductive growth starts when the first flower bud is initiated, but this event is hard to observe.
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flower grower
There have been considerable losses, and horticulturists are very anxious, especially the flower growers.
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flower shop
Next door to this fishing tackle shop is a small flower shop.
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flower stalk
The pollen sacs are confused with anthers and the term ' petiole ' is used for flower stalk which should be ' pedicel'.
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fragile flower
However, in a volunteer army, morale is a fragile flower, easily affected.
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fragrant flower
Each fragrant flower has five petals which are usually pink but range from white to red.
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fresh flower
For decorations, flags, prayer cards, fresh flower arrangements, and in some cases even lanterns are used.
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full flower
Fontainebleau # was where court culture reached full flower.
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lotus flower
Usually a lotus flower is not selffertile.
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magenta flowers
The bright pink to magenta flowers are up to 7 to 9 centimeters wide.
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orange flower
The syrup may also optionally contain orange flower water or rose water.
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plastic flowers
I do not mean these ghastly, terrible plastic flowers, and all that form of rubbish.
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purple flower
It blooms in mid to late summer with purple flower heads.
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scented flower
The strongly scented flower head grows at the end of a slender green stem.
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seasonal flower
The seasonal flower is printed across the middle of even-numbered and odd-numbered pages.
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tiny flower
The tiny flower has five pointed sepals just a few millimeters long.
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tubular flower
The inflorescence is a solitary tubular flower up to a centimeter long with a flat white or pale pink corolla.
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violet flower
He bleeds to death, and from the flux of blood is born a violet flower.
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white flower
Measuring maturity of cotton using nodes above white flower.
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