The showy reproductive structure of a plant

• floret

  1. A small or reduced flower, especially one in a spikelet of a grass or sedge or in a flower head of a plant of the composite family.
  2. Any of the tight, branched clusters of flower buds that together form a head of cauliflower or broccoli.

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• blossom

  1. A flower or cluster of flowers.
  2. The condition or time of flowering:
  3. A condition or period of maximum development.

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• bloom

  1. The flower of a plant.
  2. Something resembling the flower of a plant:
  3. The condition of being in flower:

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A condition or time of vigor and freshness

• prime

  1. First or highest in rank or importance; main:
  2. Highest in quality; excellent:
  3. Being the most desired or suitable example of something:

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• flush

  1. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush.
  2. To glow, especially with a reddish color:
  3. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood.

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• florescence

  1. A condition or time of flowering.
  2. A condition or period of great vigor.

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• efflorescence

  1. A state or time of flowering.
  2. A gradual process of unfolding or developing.
  3. The point or time of greatest vigor; the culmination.

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• blossom

  1. A flower or cluster of flowers.
  2. The condition or time of flowering:
  3. A condition or period of maximum development.

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• bloom

  1. The flower of a plant.
  2. Something resembling the flower of a plant:
  3. The condition of being in flower:

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The superlative or most preferable part of something

• top

  1. The uppermost part, point, surface, or end:
  2. The part farthest from a given reference point:
  3. The crown of the head:

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• prize

  1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
  2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
  3. Offered or given as a prize:

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• pick

  1. To select from a group:
  2. To gather in; harvest:
  3. To gather the harvest from:

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• elite

  1. A group or class of persons considered to be superior to others because of their intelligence, social standing, or wealth:
  2. A member of such a group:
  3. The best or most skilled members of a group:

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• crème de la crème

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• cream

  1. The yellowish fatty component of unhomogenized milk that tends to accumulate at the surface.
  2. Any of various substances resembling or containing cream:
  3. A pale yellow to yellowish white.

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• choice

  1. The act of choosing; selection:
  2. The power, right, or liberty to choose; option:
  3. An alternative:

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• best

  1. Surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent:
  2. Most satisfactory, suitable, or useful; most desirable:
  3. Greatest; most:

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People of the highest social level

• upper crust

  1. The highest social class or group.

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• who's who

  1. a book or list of short biographies of prominent persons of a certain place, profession, etc.
  2. the most important people or the elite, as of a certain profession

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• upper class

  1. The highest socioeconomic class in a society.

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• society

  1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
  2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
  3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:

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• quality

  1. An inherent or distinguishing characteristic; a property:
  2. A personal trait, especially a character trait:
  3. Essential character; nature:

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• patriciate

  1. Nobility or aristocracy.
  2. The rank, position, or term of office of a patrician.

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• nobility

  1. A class of persons distinguished by high birth or rank and in Great Britain including dukes and duchesses, marquises and marchionesses, earls and countesses, viscounts and viscountesses, and barons and baronesses:
  2. Noble rank or status:
  3. The state or quality of being exalted in character.

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• gentry

  1. People of gentle birth, good breeding, or high social position.
  2. An upper or ruling class.
  3. The class of English landowners ranking just below the nobility.

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• gentility

  1. The quality of being well-mannered; refinement.
  2. The condition of being born to the gentry.
  3. Persons of high social standing considered as a group.

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• elite

  1. A group or class of persons considered to be superior to others because of their intelligence, social standing, or wealth:
  2. A member of such a group:
  3. The best or most skilled members of a group:

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• crème de la crème

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• blue blood

  1. Noble or aristocratic descent.
  2. A member of the aristocracy.

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• aristocracy

  1. A hereditary ruling class; nobility.
  2. Government by a ruling class.
  3. A state or country having this form of government.

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To bear flowers

• effloresce

  1. To blossom; bloom.
  2. To develop or flourish:
  3. To become a powder by losing water of crystallization, as when a hydrated crystal is exposed to air.

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• burgeon

  1. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout.
  2. To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.

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• blow

  1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. An unexpected attack; an assault.

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• blossom

  1. A flower or cluster of flowers.
  2. The condition or time of flowering:
  3. A condition or period of maximum development.

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• bloom

  1. The flower of a plant.
  2. Something resembling the flower of a plant:
  3. The condition of being in flower:

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To be in one's prime

• shine

  1. To emit light.
  2. To reflect light; glint or glisten.
  3. To distinguish oneself in an activity or a field; excel.

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• flourish

  1. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive:
  2. To do or fare well; prosper:
  3. To be in a period of highest productivity, excellence, or influence:

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A bloom

• petals

  1. plural form of petal

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• cone

  1. The surface generated by a straight line, the generator, passing through a fixed point, the vertex, and moving along a fixed curve, the directrix.
  2. A right circular cone.
  3. The figure formed by a cone, bound or regarded as bound by its vertex and a plane section taken anywhere above or below the vertex.

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• inflorescence

  1. A cluster of flowers arranged in a characteristic way on a stem.
  2. The process of flowering.

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• shoot

  1. To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
  2. To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile:
  3. To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.

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• floweret

  1. A small flower; a floret.

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• raceme

  1. An inflorescence having stalked flowers arranged singly along an elongated unbranched axis, with the flowers at the bottom opening first.

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• panicle

  1. A loosely branched inflorescence, especially a branching raceme.

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• head

  1. The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.
  2. The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.
  3. The length or height of such a part:

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• cluster

  1. A group of the same or similar elements gathered or occurring closely together; a bunch:
  2. Two or more successive consonants in a word, as cl and st in the word cluster.
  3. A group of academic courses in a related area.

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• spray

  1. Water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets, as from a wave.
  2. A moving mass of particles or projectiles:
  3. A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container.

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• spike

  1. A long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal.
  2. A heavy nail.
  3. A sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall.

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• efflorescence

  1. A state or time of flowering.
  2. A gradual process of unfolding or developing.
  3. The point or time of greatest vigor; the culmination.

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• pompon

  1. pompom
  2. any of various chrysanthemums, dahlias, etc. with small, round flower heads
  3. the flower head

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• posy

  1. A flower or bunch of flowers; a bouquet.
  2. A brief verse or sentimental phrase, especially one inscribed on a ring.

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• floret

  1. A small or reduced flower, especially one in a spikelet of a grass or sedge or in a flower head of a plant of the composite family.
  2. Any of the tight, branched clusters of flower buds that together form a head of cauliflower or broccoli.

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• bud

  1. A small protuberance on a stem or branch, sometimes enclosed in protective scales and containing an undeveloped leaf, flower, or leafy shoot.
  2. The stage or condition of having buds:
  3. An asexual reproductive structure, as in yeast or a hydra, that consists of an outgrowth capable of developing into a new individual.

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• blossom

  1. A flower or cluster of flowers.
  2. The condition or time of flowering:
  3. A condition or period of maximum development.

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A plant valued for its bloom

• bulb

  1. A short, modified, underground stem surrounded by usually fleshy modified leaves that contain stored food for the shoot within:
  2. A similar underground stem or root, such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber.
  3. A plant that grows from a bulb.

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• houseplant

  1. Any of a wide variety of plants grown indoors, often for decorative purposes.

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• potted plant

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• flowering shrub

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• biennial

  1. Lasting or living for two years.
  2. Happening every second year.
  3. Having a life cycle that normally takes two growing seasons to complete.

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• perennial

  1. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring:
  2. Appearing again and again or year after year; recurrent:
  3. Living three or more years.

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• annual

  1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly:
  2. Of, relating to, or determined by a year:
  3. Living or growing for only one year or season.

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• vine

  1. A weak-stemmed plant that derives its support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface.
  2. The stem of such a plant.
  3. A grapevine.

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• herb

  1. A plant whose stem does not produce woody, persistent tissue and generally dies back at the end of each growing season.
  2. Any of various often aromatic plants used especially in medicine or as seasoning.
  3. Marijuana.

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• wildflower

  1. A usually herbaceous flowering plant that is not a cultivated variety, especially one that has conspicuous flowers and is found in a natural environment.
  2. The flower of such a plant.

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• flowering-plant

  1. A plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm.

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