plant

noun
1.
the blossom of a plant.
2.
Botany.
a.
the part of a seed plant comprising the reproductive organs and their envelopes if any, esp. when such envelopes are more or less conspicuous in form and color.
b.
an analogous reproductive structure in other plants, as the mosses.
3.
a plant, considered with reference to its blossom or cultivated for its floral beauty.
4.
state of efflorescence or bloom: Peonies were in flower.
5.
an ornament representing a flower.
6.
Also called fleuron, floret. Printing. an ornamental piece of type, esp. a stylized floral design, often used in a line to decorate chapter headings, page borders, or bindings.
7.
an ornament or adornment.
8.
the finest or most flourishing period: Poetic drama was in flower in Elizabethan England.
9.
the best or finest member or part of a number, body, or whole: the flower of American youth.
10.
the finest or choicest product or example.
11.
flowers, (used with a singular verb) Chemistry. a substance in the form of a fine powder, esp. as obtained by sublimation: flowers of sulfur.

–noun
1.
any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Compare orchid family.
2.
the flower of any of these plants.
3.
a bluish to reddish purple.

verb (used without object)
1.
to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
2.
to get up from bed, esp. to begin the day after a night's sleep: to rise early.
3.
to become erect and stiff, as the hair in fright.
4.
to get up after falling or being thrown down.
5.
to become active in opposition or resistance; revolt or rebel.
6.
to be built up, erected, or constructed.
7.
to spring up or grow, as plants: Weeds rose overnight.
8.
to become prominent on or project from a surface, as a blister.
9.
to come into existence; appear.
10.
to come into action, as a wind or storm.
11.
to occur: A quarrel rose between them.
12.
to originate, issue, or be derived; to have a source.
13.
to move from a lower to a higher position; move upward; ascend: The bird rose in the air.
14.
to ascend above the horizon, as a heavenly body.
15.
to extend directly upward; project vertically: The tower rises to a height of 60 feet. The building rises above the city's other skyscrapers.
16.
to have an upward slant or curve: The path rises as it approaches the woods.
17.
to attain higher rank, status, or importance or a higher economic level: to rise in the world.
18.
to advance to a higher level of action, thought, feeling, etc.: to rise above the commonplace.
19.
Angling. (of fish) to come up toward the surface of the water in pursuit of food or bait.
20.
to prove oneself equal to a demand, emergency, etc. (fol. by to): to rise to the occasion; to rise to one's responsibilities.
21.
to become animated, cheerful, or heartened, as the spirits.
22.
to become roused or stirred: to feel one's temper rising.
23.
to increase in height, as the level of water: The river rose thirty feet in eight hours.
24.
to swell or puff up, as dough from the action of yeast.
25.
to increase in amount, as prices.
26.
to increase in price or value, as commodities.
27.
to increase in degree, intensity, or force, as fever, color, etc.
28.
to become louder or of higher pitch, as the voice.
29.
to adjourn or close a session, as a deliberative body or court.
30.
to return from the dead: Christ rose from the dead and on the third day ascended into heaven.

–noun
1.
any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 in. (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
2.
Also called aster. Furniture. a conventionalized flower motif carved in the center panels of a Connecticut chest.

–noun
1.
a rich tapestry.
2.
a tapestry weave.
3.
a wall hanging, as a tapestry or similar object.
4.
Theater. a curtain suspended loosely across a stage and used as a backdrop or part of a stage setting.