perfect flower

American  

[pur-fikt flau-er] / ˈpɜr fɪkt ˈflaʊ ər /

noun

plural

perfect flowers

1. Botany. a flower having stamens and pistils in the same individual bloom.

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perfect flower Scientific  

/ pûr′fĭkt /

1. A flower having both stamens and carpels. Most angiosperms have perfect flowers.

2. Compare imperfect flower See also complete flower

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Other Word Forms

• perfect-flowered adjective

Example Sentences

Some early models had a flower vase, typically mounted on the dashboard as the perfect flower child accessory.

From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2018

“His roots go deeper than anybody could ever imagine to produce the perfect flower that was Ramón. He built more for the people of New York than Robert Moses ever did.”

From New York Times • May 15, 2016

Remember David Gergen, a three-time White House aide turned journalist turned pundit — “the perfect flower of the Insider species,” as New York Times journalist Michael Kelly called him in a 1993 profile?

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2016

But for whatever reason, the perfect flower of this peculiar moment grows from the earthy core of Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. He may not be the most popular politician in America.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2013

I don't honestly believe that there ever was a more perfect flower than that.

From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)