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Leonardo Da Vinci
   painted   
The Virgin With Flowers
Arts & Literature > Paintings


Scott McKenzie
   had a U.K. Number One single with   
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)
August 9 1967 for 4 weeks

Music > U.K. Number Ones


Liam Ó Maonlaí
   has been a vocalist in   
Hothouse Flowers
Music > Vocalists


“Orchideous”
   is used to   
Make Flowers Sprout from Your Wand
Used by Mr Ollivander to test Fleur Delacour's wand before the Triwizard Tournament (Goblet of Fire)

Entertainment > Harry Potter Spells


Sneezy
      
Is Allergic to Flowers
Always sneezes at the worst possible time. "I couldn't help it ... when you gotta go, you gotta ... I-I-I, i-i-i-it's comin'."

Movies > The Seven Dwarfs


Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand
   released the single   
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
1978

Music > Sounds of the 1970s


Sandi Thom
   released the single   
I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair) (2005)
October (UK) by Viking Legacy Records (re-released May 2006 by Sony's RCA Records label).

Music > Sounds of the 2000s


Globularis
   means   
Ball-shaped Flowers
Science & Nature > Latin Plant Adjectives


Tubiformis
   means   
Trumpet-shaped Flowers
Science & Nature > Latin Plant Adjectives


The Kingston Trio
   released the single   
Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
1962

Music > Sounds of the 1960s


Flowers
   in Italian is   
Fiori
Language > English - Italian


Flores
   is translated as   
Flowers
Language > English - Spanish


Flowers
   in German is   
Blumen
Language > English - German


A Bit of Fragrance Clings
      
To the Hand That Gives Flowers
Language > Chinese Proverbs


What’s New Pussycat?
   has the lyric:   
I've Got Flowers and Lots of Hours
Tom Jones

Music > Name That Song


Goldie Hawn
   for her role in   
Cactus Flowers (1969)
As Toni Simmons

Movies > Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress


Floriography
   is defined as   
The Language of Flowers
A Victorian system of communication associating various meanings to various flowers.

Language > Suffix - graphy


Equinoctial
   means   
A Plant That Has Flowers That Open and Close at Definite Times During the Day
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Prostrate
   means   
Laying Flat on the Ground, Stems or Even Flowers in Some Species
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Whorled
   means   
Said of a Collection of Three or More Leaves or Flowers That Arise from the Same Point
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Mixed
   means   
Buds That Have Both Embryonic Flowers and Leaves
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Reproductive
   means   
Buds With Embryonic Flowers
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Compound Umbel
   means   
Is an Umbel Where Each Stalk of the Main Umbel Produces Another Smaller Umbel of Flowers
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Single
   means   
One Flower Per Stem or the Flowers Are Greatly Spread-apart As to Appear They Do Not Arise from the Same Branch
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Raceme
   means   
Is a Flower Spike With Flowers That Have Stalks of Equal Length. The Stem Tip Continues to Grow and Produce More Flowers With the Bottom Flowers Opening First and Blooming Progresses up the Stem
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Verticillaster
   means   
A Whorled Collection of Flowers Around the Stem, the Flowers Produced in Rings at Intervals up the Stem. As the Stem Tip Continues to Grow More Whorls of Flowers Are Produced
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


Autogamy
   means   
Self-pollination, when the Flowers of the Same Plant Pollinate Flowers on Themselves
Science & Nature > Plant Morphology Terms


India
   is the site of   
Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
Geography > UNESCO World Heritage Sites


Flower Sign
   means   
Flowers at a Bedside, Denotes Patient Has a Supportive Family and Might Be Candidate for Early Discharge
Science & Nature > Medical Slang


Flor
   means   
Relating to Flowers
Florist

Language > Prefixes


Adolphe-William Bouguereau
   painted   
Crown of Flowers
1884

Arts & Literature > Paintings


Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond
   recorded   
You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Music > Songs - Duets


2c Coin
   has   
Two Kowhai Flowers
A beautiful yellow flower. This coin was withdrawn in 1989.

Misc > New Zealand Currency


Flowers
   in Hindi is   
Phool
Language > English - Hindi


Bees Must Collect Nectar from Two Million Flowers to Make a One-pound Comb of Honey.
   is   
True
Misc > True or False


Butterflies Are Free (1972)
   has the tagline   
Take Time to Smell the Flowers
Movies > Movie Taglines


Flax
   is   
Slender, Erect Annual With Blue Flowers
Unrelated to the New Zealand flax

Language > Four-letter Words


The Anthousai
   are the nymphs of   
Flowers
History & Mythology > Nymphs


Leonard Cohen
   wrote   
Flowers For Hitler
Arts & Literature > Books


"Where Have All the Flowers Gone"
   was released by   
Pete Seeger
1964 - inducted in 2002

Music > Grammy Hall of Fame Award Winners - Singles


Flowers in the Attic (1987)
   starred   
Louise Fletcher, Victoria Tennant and Kristy Swanson
Director: Jeffrey Bloom. Also starred Jeb Stuart Adams, Ben Ryan Ganger & Lindsay Parker. Plot: Children are hidden away in the attic by their conspiring mother and grandmother.

Movies > Movies of the 1980s


Vonetta Flowers
   was/were the first   
African American Female US Athlete to Win a Gold Medal in a Winter Olympics
2002 - She won in the women's bobsleigh event

History & Mythology > Historical Firsts


Say It With Flowers
   is an anagram of   
We Flirt So This Way
Language > Anagrams


Floromancy
   is divination by   
Believing That Flowers Have Feelings
Misc > Divination


Floriscope
   is used for   
Inspecting Flowers / Petals
Science & Nature > Scientific Instruments


Charles Baudelaire
   wrote   
Flowers of Evil
Les Fleurs du mal has been acknowledged as a classic of French literature.The author and the publisher were prosecuted under the regime of the Second Empire as an outrage aux bonnes mœurs (trans. "an insult to public decency"). As a consequence of this prosecution, Baudelaire was fined 300 francs. Six poems from the work were suppressed and the ban on their publication was not lifted in France until 1949.

Arts & Literature > Poetry Collections


Florimania
   is an obsession with   
Flowers
Language > Manias


A String of Pearls Twined With Golden Flowers
   was written by   
Petre Ispirescu
Legende sau basmele românilor

Arts & Literature > Fairy Tales


Where Have All the Flowers Gone
   relates to the   
Vietnam War
Pete Seeger

Music > Songs of War


Tiger Flowers
   fought out of   
The U.S.A
Old Timer. Inducted 1993

Sports & Leisure > International Boxing Hall of Fame








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