A name given to plants of which the flowers turn so as to follow the sun; in early times applied to the sunflower, marigold, etc.; now, a plant of…

a name originally applied to some yellow flowers, as marsh-marigold, yellow water-lily, and species of St. John's wort (see Cotgrave, Jaulnette)…

A creeping plant with yellow flowers, so called by the ancients: variously identified as Gnaphalium stœchas and Tanacetum annuum.

Either of two plants noted for their heliotropism (movement of flowers or leaves in response to the direction of the sun), Heliotropium europaeum and…

Any of various flowering herbaceous plants of the genus Dianthus (family Caryophyllaceae), including Deptford pink, D. armeria, and sweet william, D…

A plant. In modern use, the English name of the genus Hyacinthus (family Liliaceæ), consisting of bulbous plants with bell-shaped six-parted…

With distinguishing word: any of several plants of other genera thought to resemble the scarlet pimpernel; esp. yellow pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorum.

A dark blue or purple flower, (perhaps) a hyacinth or a kind of violet.

Poetic name for some bright yellow flower: ? a sunflower or marigold. (See also helichryse, n.)

Chiefly poetic. A purple flower. Now rare.

literary. In allusive and figurative contexts: a heliotropic plant as the type of something whose behaviour or actions are unavoidably guided by an…

Any of various plants flowering in May, esp. the primrose (Primula vulgaris), the cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis), the marsh marigold (Caltha palu…

Any of various plants with bright stellate flowers, esp. those of the genera Ornithogalum (family Asparagaceae) or (U.S.) Trientalis (family Primul…

Any of several other plants having blue flowers; (in later use) esp. the grape hyacinth (genus Muscari).

Chiefly U.S. (A flower of) any of various plants with pink flowers of families other than Caryophyllaceae. Usually with distinguishing word.

name for various plants with large or showy trumpet-shaped flowers, esp. of the genera Tecoma (see trumpet creeper n. above) and Bignonia, also…

(see quots.).

any of several plants having tubular or bell-shaped flowers, esp. the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; (also) a flower of such a plant.

Any of various plants that are used as sweeteners, that yield abundant nectar, or whose flowers have a sweet smell.

Any of various plants having pale flowers with dark centres, esp. the East African climbing plant Thunbergia alata (family Acanthaceae) of East…

Molucella lævis, the genus Chelone, and some species of Alpinia.

Any of various plants with flowers in globular heads, esp. ones with protruding stamens or styles suggesting pins in a pincushion; spec. (a) any of…

(a) = sense 2(a); (b) Australian = pincushion hakea n.; (c) U.S. = sense 2(c).

English regional. Any of several wild flowers (see quots.). Obsolete. rare.

(a) a flower suited for making garlands, (b) (see quot. 1866).

A plant (spec. a narcissus) of a paper-white variety.