: a flowering plant selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of a state of the U.S.
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Recent Examples on the WebOrganic beef farmer Brian Kemp displays a red clover, the Vermont state flower, in a pasture at the Mountain Meadows Farm, in Sudbury, Vt. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 There’s also a sweatshirt featuring poppies, the state flower, behind the Los Angeles Times logo.Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 What does Massachusetts use as its state bird, state flower, and state animal?BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022 Bluebonnets can be spotted along random roadsides in San Antonio, but some spots that are known to have displays of the state flower are McAllister Park on the Northwest Side and on Northwest Vista College's campus. Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2022 The bluebonnet, the state flower of Texas, is usually in peak bloom in early April. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2020 In 1901, the bluebonnet became the state flower of Texas. Anna Mazurek, Chron, 14 Feb. 2022 Ohio can thank superstitious President William McKinley for its state flower: the scarlet carnation. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2021 In 1904, the Ohio Legislature approved the scarlet carnation as the state flower to honor McKinley. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2021 See More