incomplete flower

[ in-kuhm-pleet-flou-er ]

/ ɪn kəmˈplit ˌflaʊ ər /

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noun

a flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.

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Origin of incomplete flower

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby incomplete flower

incompetence, incompetent, incomplete, incomplete abortion, incomplete dominance, incomplete flower, incomplete fracture, incomplete metamorphosis, incompletion, incompliant, incomprehensible

How to use incomplete flower in a sentence

He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, most of the detailed studies are incomplete in one way or another.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.
Afghanistan, We Hardly Knew You|Jonathan Foreman|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I decorated with marigolds, which are considered the flower of the dead.
New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead|Jason Berry|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Black Sheep retreated to the nursery and read "Cometh up as a Flower" with deep and uncomprehending interest.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Her face was mild and pale; but it was the transparent hue of the virgin flower of spring, clad in her veiling leaves.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

Scientific definitions for incomplete flower

incomplete flower

A flower lacking one or more of the four parts found in a complete flower: sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils. Compare complete flower. See also imperfect flower.