Flowers are one of the most beautiful things in nature and they have been used to express emotions and convey messages since ancient times.
Whether you’re looking for a romantic phrase or an adjective to describe the beauty of a flower, these flower words have something for everyone. From “amaranthine” to “verdant”, we will explore a range of flower words that will help you express yourself more eloquently and accurately.
Flower words vocabulary from A to Z with definitions
This article will provide you with an A to Z of flower words that you can use in your writing and conversations in creative manner. With this knowledge, you can use flower words to create beautiful poetry, greetings, crosswords or powerful copywriting pieces.
Let's take a look at some of the most commonly used positive words to describe flowers and their associated meanings.
Flower words starting with A
Abloom flowering or being in bloom; blossoming; thriving in beauty, health and vigor.
Abundant present in high quantity; more than adequate; fully sufficient; plentiful; rich.
Aerial light as air; lofty; ethereal; imaginary.
Airy lofty; aerial; delicate or light; merry; light-hearted.
Amaranthine unfading; eternal; infinite.
Angelic heavenly; pure; cute; lovely.
Annual occurring, performed or done every year; yearly.
Aquatic relating to water; growing or living near, in or on water.
Arboreal of or pertaining to a trees or tree.
Aromatic sweet-smelling or fragrant; having an pleasant aroma or odor.
Arranged planned in advance or placed or disposed in a particular kind of order.
Artful artificial or imitative; showing artistic and creative taste or skill.
Artistic aesthetically pleasing; of or pertaining to characteristic of art or artists; showing skill and imagination.
Assorted selected; arranged in varieties or sorts; mixed.
Attention-getting eye-catching; likely drawing attention to someone or something.
Flower words starting with B
Beautiful having qualities that delight and pleases the senses; attractive; excellent; wonderful; very satisfying or pleasing.
Biennial living or lasting two years; happening every two years.
Blooming blossoming; flowering; flourishing; thriving in vigor, health and beauty.
Blossoming the process and time of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
Blushing having a delicate and warm color like some flowers; roseate; blooming.
Bold distinctive and clear to the eye; having a vivid and strong appearance (especially of a color or design).
Booming lively and profitable; having a period of rapid growth and great prosperity; active; advancing.
Botanical of or pertaining to plants or plant life.
Bountiful producing or giving in abundance; free in giving; abundant; plentiful.
Breathtaking exciting or inspiring; extremely beautiful; astonishing; amazing; astounding.
Bright shedding, emitting, reflecting or having much light; shining; luminous; radiating; glorious; splendid; full of hope and promise; cheerful; happy.
Brilliant remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree, magnitude, quality or effect; sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; glorious; magnificent; wonderful; superb.
Budding beginning to develop or being in developmental stage.
Buoyant apt or able to stay afloat or rise to the top of a water or liquid.
Flower words starting with C
Calming causing to become tranquil; tending to calm or soothe.
Captivating capable of arousing and holding the attention; beautiful; fascinating.
Charming delighting; fascinating; attractive.
Cheerful having life or vigor or spirit; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
Cheery promoting good spirits or mood; cheerful; pleasant; lively; bright.
Cherished highly valued and loved or having a high personal value.
Chic attractive and fashionable; stylish.
Choice of very fine quality; selected with care; especially good or preferred.
Classic belonging to the highest rank or class; having lasting significance or worth; enduring; simple and harmonious; elegant.
Classy stylish; elegant; fashionable.
Clustered occurring and/or growing close together in clusters or bunches.
Color-coordinated with all elements or parts matched, related or blended to a particular color scheme.
Color-infused infused or dyed with a color.
Colorful having striking color; iridescent; interesting, multifaceted, energetic or distinctive.
Combined joined, made or united into one.
Complementary serving to complete, fill out or making better; going or working well together.
Contemporary of the present age; modern; current.
Country of or pertaining to the countryside; rustic.
Creative expressive; imaginative; productive.
Crisp fresh; firm; sharp; quick and accurate; lively; cheerful.
Cute attractive; adorable; dainty; pretty; clever; sharp.
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. - Oscar Wilde TWEET THIS
Flower words starting with D
Dainty delicate; elegant in form or manner; fine; delicately beautiful, pretty or charming.
Darling cherished; dear.
Dazzling brilliant; splendid; extremely bright, impressive, skillful or beautiful; astounding; shining and shimmering intensely.
Decorative ornamental; serving to embellish or decorate; used to make something more beautiful or attractive.
Delicate lovely; graceful; alluring; luxurious; smooth; dainty
Delightful highly pleasing; bringing pleasure, enjoyment or satisfaction.
Dense compact; thick.
Designed made, done or performed with intent or purpose.
Developing arising; becoming.
Distinctive having a special quality, attributes, style attractiveness etc.; notable; different from others; capable of being classified.
Divine heavenly; perfect; godlike; sacred; beautiful.
Dramatic striking and vivid in appearance or effect.
Dreamy serene; soothing; sexy; attractive; wonderful; fantasy-like.
Flower words starting with E
Early arriving before expected time or event; very young.
Elegant displaying tasteful, refined and pleasing beauty and behavior or style; polished; polite; graceful.
Enchanting having the ability or power to enchant; fascinating; charming; delightful.
Ephemeral living, lasting or existing for only for one day or short period of time.
Evolving developing or growing gradually.
Exotic strikingly unusual or different; from another place.
Expanding spreading; enlarging.
Expressive effectively conveying feeling or thought; significant; communicative; serving to express.
Exquisite flawless; exceedingly beautiful, elegant or dainty.
Extravagant profuse; extremely abundant.
Eye-catching visually beautiful or attracting; something that draws attention.
Flower words starting with F
Fanned spread in a shape of fan.
Farm-fresh fresh as just picked from the farm or ground.
Fashionable stylish and elegant.
Fast-growing growing or increasing in size or quantity at a rapid rate.
Favorite preferred above all others.
Fertile fecund; fruitful; productive; prolific; capable of developing and growing.
Festive joyous; merry; mirthful; sportive.
Fine attractive; good-looking; of superior quality; smooth; nice; thin; keen; characterized by elegance
Fleshy having a pulpy or juicy texture; plump; succulent.
Floral of or pertaining to flowers.
Florid flowery; bright in or flushed with rosy color; excessively or elaborately ornamented.
Florist's choice picked, chosen or recommended by expert (florist).
Flourishing very lively; flowering; prosperous; thriving.
Flowering having a bloom or flowers.
Fluffy airy and light; soft; frivolous.
Fragrant having pleasant or sweet odor.
Fresh new; clear and bright; clean; fruitful; recently made or harvested; just arrived; first-rate; refreshing; youthful.
Fresh-cut just or recently cut.
Fresh from the garden
Freshly picked just or recently picked, collected or dug.
Fruit-bearing producing fruit.
Fruitful fertile; prolific; producing abundantly; bountiful; liberal; producing results, profit or yield.
Fruity containing fruit; rich in flavor, taste and smell as a fruit; excessively or very sweet; extremely interesting, effective or enjoyable.
Full plump and/or rounded in shape; being at the peak of maturity or development; rich and full of aroma; complete in every way; of maximum degree or highest degree or quality; total; entire; providing an abundance; filled up.
Flower words starting with G
Garden-fresh picked, collected or duck very recently; very fresh; having a desirable quality or taste of garden-fresh produce.
Gathered brought or grouped together in one place.
Gauzy thin and light; transparent.
Gentle soft; soothing; tender; amiable.
Glamorous stylish; alluring, fascinating; beautiful; visually showy.
Glorious having, deserving or advancing glory; famous; delightful; wonderful; ecstatic; hilarious; splendid; characterized by great splendor and beauty.
Glowing softly radiant or bright; full of praise; highly energetic or enthusiastic; beautiful.
Gorgeous very beautiful or magnificent; wonderful; delightful.
Graceful characterized by beauty of style, shape or execution.
Graminaceous f or pertaining to the grasses.
Grandiose characterized by greatness of intent, scope, size or extent; grand; pompous; splendid; impressive.
Growing increasing in size, amount, maturity or intensity.
Flower words starting with H
Hand-arranged
Hand-delivered
Hand-gathered
Hand-picked
Hand-selected
Hardy stout; firm; able to survive under harsh conditions.
Harmonious having components appropriately or pleasingly combined.
Heartfelt sincere; hearty.
Heavenly enchanting; delightful; extremely beautiful or gorgeous; extremely pleasurable or good; divine; celestial.
Herbaceous characteristic of or relating to non-woody plant or herb.
Higher advanced in elaboration or complexity.
Hued having a color or hue.
Flower words starting with I
Idyllic carefree, serene and charmingly simple; delightful and excellent in all aspects.
Impressive anything that is or creates remarkable or striking impression; appealing.
In bloom
In flower
In fruit
Flower words starting with J
Jewel-toned
Joyful feeling or causing delight.
Juvenile not fully developed or grown; young; youthful.
Flower words starting with K
Kissable inviting to be kissed; capable of being kissed; attractive.
Flower words starting with L
Large big; of relatively or considerable great size, extent or quantity; abundant; full; boastful.
Lasting enduring; durable; existing, remaining or continuing for a long time.
Lavish very abundant; profuse.
Leafy having or covered with leaves; resembling or similar to a leaf.
Leguminous of or pertaining to the family Leguminosae (peas, beans, clover, alfalfa etc.).
Light bright or having light; light weight; gentle.
Lofty exalted or elevated in character; pompous; affecting grandness; high.
Long-lasting
Long-stem
Lovely beautiful; enjoyable; very nice in general sense; cute.
Luminous emitting light or full of light; illuminated; bright; clear.
Lush plentiful; abundant; extremely productive or pleasing; voluptuous.
Luxurious characterized by luxury; being extremely fine; superior and rich in quality.
Flower words starting with M
Magical enchanting; supernatural.
Magnificent grand, splendid or elegant in appearance; outstanding or exceptional for its kind.
Majestic noble; grand.
Mature having reached full development or growth; perfected.
Mesmerizing holding and attracting interest and amazement as if by spell.
Mixed blended together into one group, unit or mass; made up of different varieties; mingled; crossbred.
Modern pertaining to the current style and time; avant-garde; ahead of the times of current era.
Multicolored having multiple or many colors; having patches or sections colored variedly and brightly.
Musky having the or relating to the scent of musk.
Flower words starting with N
Natural not altered; produced by or present in nature
Nature's bounty
Nature's finest
Nestled
New just or recently created, found, discovered or learned; additional; currently fresh or fashionable.
Noticeable worthy or capable of being perceived or notice.
Flower words starting with O
Oil-bearing
One-of-a-kind
Open not tied or sealed; obvious; unfolded; accessible to all; free from restrictions; generous.
Orchard-fresh
Ornamental beautifying; embellishing; aesthetic.
Oversize larger than usual or normal.
Flower words starting with P
Paired growing in or organized into pairs.
Passionate capable to arouse strong feelings (especially motivating, romantic or sexual); ardent; amorous.
Pastel soft and light in color.
Perennial active or lasting through many years or year; enduring; lasting; recurrent.
Personal belonging or affecting to a particular person rather than to anyone else.
Petite small and slender.
Playful recreational; frolicsome.
Pleasant pleasing; delightful; enlivening; sportive; agreeable.
Pollinated supplied with or having pollen.
Polymorphous occurring in or having variety of distinct styles, forms or characters.
Precious valuable; highly esteemed and cherished; beloved; dear.
Premium of superior value or quality.
Pretty attractive and pleasing in a delicate or graceful way.
Pristine remaining free from decay or dirt; clean; pure; original.
Prized cherished; highly valued.
Productive capable of producing; producing abundantly or yielding good results; characterized by fruitfulness.
Progressive advancing; promoting or favoring progress.
Prosperous flourishing; very profitable and lively.
Pulchritudinous physically and breathtakingly beautiful, appealing and attractive.
Flower words starting with R
Radiant emanating great love, joy, happiness or health.
Ravishing extremely attractive or beautiful; entrancing.
Ready-to-bloom
Ready-to-burst
Ready-to-open
Recherché exquisite; lavishly elegant; exotic.
Regal splendid; magnificent; of or pertaining to a royalty; royal.
Resplendent splendid; brilliant; dazzling; colorful and shiny.
Rich characterized by abundance, fullness, fruitfulness or great quality; of great worth; productive; strong; intense; sumptuous; magnificent.
Ripe fully developed or matured; seasoned; ready for gathering, action or effect; prepared; most suitable for a particular purpose.
Romantic expressive of or romance or love.
Roseate bright or cheerful; blooming; full of roses; rosy; rose-colored; pink or purplish.
Rosy blooming; blushing; optimistic; cheerful.
Rustic charmingly and pleasantly simple (as lacking elegance or refinement); rural; of or pertaining to the countryside.
Flower words starting with S
Scenic affording or constituting pleasing views of natural features; picturesque.
Scented having a pleasant aroma or odor; perfumed.
Scrumptious splendid; delicious; delectable; fine; first-rate.
Seasonal being used or occurring in a specific season.
Select of special value or quality; top-notch; one that is chosen in preference of special value or to others.
Sensational outstanding; spectacular; exceptionally good.
Sentimental extravagantly or affectedly emotional; romantic.
Serene peaceful; clear; unclouded.
Showy aesthetically pleasing; flashy; brilliant; stylish; striking.
Sightly visually pleasing and appealing; scenic; conspicuous.
Silky of or pertaining to silk; silken; lustrous; soft, smooth and gleaming.
Silky-smooth
Soft smooth; fine; affectionate.
Sophisticated elegant; refined; appealing or suitable.
Special surpassing what is usual or common; exceptional; extra.
Spectacular worthy of special notice; amazing; impressive; sensational.
Splendid brilliant with color or light; radiant; splendor and very beautiful; showy; very good; magnificent; pompous; famous; celebrated.
Striking sensational or exciting in appearance or in effect; impressive; very noticeable.
Stunning exceptionally attractive or beautiful; impressive; amazing; surprising.
Stylish having taste or elegance.
Sublime majestic; noble; awe-inspiring and impressive; supreme.
Submersed growing or being under water.
Summery of or pertaining to summer.
Sun-kissed made beautifully tanned or pleasantly warm by the sun.
Sunny cheerful; genial; warm; bright; shining; radiant.
Supple pliant; adaptable.
Sweet pleasing to the senses; gratifying; kind; gracious; fragrant; cute; lovable.
Sylvan of or pertaining to the trees, forest or woodlands; residing in a tree, wood or forest.
Symmetrical having similarity in characteristics; harmonious.
Flower words starting with T
Tasteful pleasing to ideals or expectations of what is appropriate.
Temperate characterized by moderate quality or degree.
Tender delicate; sensitive; sweet.
Thriving flourishing.
Timeless eternal; ageless; classic.
Tolerant tending to accept, allow or permit existence of something; enduring.
Touching moving; affecting.
Traditional habitually found, done or used; done, produced or used in accordance with or as part of a tradition.
Transcendent surpassing others; supreme or superior in excellence.
Treasured highly valued and liked.
Tropical of or pertaining to the tropics.
Flower words starting with U
Unforgettable easily memorable.
Unique unparalleled; unequaled; highly unusual; the single of its kind.
Unusual not usual, normal or ordinary; uncommon; rare.
Uplifting emotionally, morally or spiritually elevating; inspiring hope or happiness.
Flower words starting with V
Vascular of or pertaining to or having vessels that circulate fluids.
Verdant green in color (especially vegetation); lush with vegetation; flourishing; fresh.
Verdurous having youthful, fresh or new qualities; verdant; freshly green.
Viable capable of continuing effectiveness or success; capable of living.
Vibrant lively; vigorous; bright.
Vigorous active, energetic and strong.
Flower words starting with W
Whimsical fantastical or odd in appearance; playful; amusing; light-hearted; peculiar.
Wild growing, living or occurring in a natural state.
Wonderful extraordinary; surprising; astonishing; admirable; excellent; great.
Flower words starting with Y
Year-round present, active, continuing, happening or throughout the year.
Young fresh; vigorous; youthful; in the early part of life, growth, development, stage or state.
You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. - Walter Hagen TWEET THIS
Words describing anatomy and parts of flower
Anther
Bract
Bud
Calyx
Corolla
Filament
Involucre
Ovary
Pedicel
Peduncle
Perianth
Petal
Pistil
Pollen
Receptacle
Root
Sepal
Shoot
Stamen
Stigma
Style
Thorn
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