perfect flower

[ pûr′fĭkt ]

A flower having both stamens and carpels. Most angiosperms have perfect flowers. Compare imperfect flower. See also complete flower.

Words Nearby perfect flower

In fact, you could call Kari Swenson a proper belle of Bozeman, the perfect flower of the New West.
The Ballad of Johnny France | Richard Ben Cramer | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is all pure beauty—a perfect flower from the fruitful tree of his genius at the height of its power.
The Dreamer | Mary Newton Stanard
Now, without having completed that romance—a very perfect flower—could he cast it aside?
The "Genius" | Theodore Dreiser
Long reaches of green moist land form perfect flower-gardens, whose variety of bloom changes with every month.
Palmetto-Leaves | Harriet Beecher Stowe
How is it possible to have a perfect flower—a healthy, normal and wholesome sprout from a diseased root?
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali Nomad

Proterandry, prot-e-ran′dri, n. the maturity of the anthers of a perfect flower before its stigma is ready to receive the pollen.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various

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