perfect flower
noun
a flower having stamens and pistils in the same individual bloom.
perfect flowers
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pluralof perfect flower.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This surprising and somewhat controversial win at a show known for its white tents and rows of perfect flowers gives me hope not only for the future of gardening, but for the planet itself.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2022
Some botanists refer to plants with perfect flowers simply as hermaphroditic.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Another hybrid from a sweet almond by the pollen of a nectarine produced during the first three years imperfect blossoms, but afterwards perfect flowers with an abundance of pollen.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Charles Darwin
The inner and perfect flowers are creamy-white, bell-shaped, and they secrete honey.
From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Edward Step
Herbs, with jointed stems, alternate entire leaves, and perfect flowers in spikes, entirely destitute of floral envelopes, and with 3–5 more or less separate or united ovaries.—Ovules few, orthotropous.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
