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Blume

Definitions of Blume
  1. noun
    a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
    synonyms: Bouquet, Bukket, Duft
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    type of:
    Geruch
    any property detected by the olfactory system
  2. noun
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
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    types:
    Pfingstrose
    any of numerous plants widely cultivated for their showy single or double red or pink or white flowers
    Adonisröschen
    Eurasian herb cultivated for its deep red flowers with dark centers
    Anemone, Buschwindröschen
    any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
    Akelei
    a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; north temperate regions especially mountains
    Feld-Rittersporn, Rittersporn
    any plant of the genus Delphinium having palmately divided leaves and showy spikes of variously colored spurred flowers; some contain extremely poisonous substances
    Miere
    low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
    Nelke
    any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
    Lichtnelke
    mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone
    Leimkraut
    any plant of the genus Silene
    Mohn, Mohnblume
    annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
    Korbblütler
    considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
    Aster
    any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers
    Gänseblümchen, Maßliebchen
    any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
    Calendula, Ringelblume
    any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
    Kornblume
    an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
    Dahlie
    any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
    Sonnenblume
    any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
    Margerite, Wucherblume
    tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers; widely naturalized; often placed in genus Chrysanthemum
    Knabenkrautgewächs, Orchideengewächs
    any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
    Alpenveilchen
    Mediterranean plant widely cultivated as a houseplant for its showy dark green leaves splotched with silver and nodding white or pink to reddish flowers with reflexed petals
    Enzian
    any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
    Gemeines Leinkraut, Taubenkropf
    common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
    Ehrenpreis
    any plant of the genus Veronica
    Baldrian
    a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
    Alpenanemone
    silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers
    Schneeglöckchen
    common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers
    Heidenelke
    low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center
    Kuckuckslichtnelke
    common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
    Rote Lichtnelke
    Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads
    Klatschmohn
    annual European poppy common in grain fields and often cultivated
    Schlafmohn
    southwestern Asian herb with greyish leaves and white or reddish flowers; source of opium
    Schwalbenwurz
    perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers
    Goldaster
    early-flowering perennial of southern and southeastern Europe with flower heads resembling those of goldenrod
    Rainfarn
    common perennial aromatic herb native to Eurasia having buttonlike yellow flower heads and bitter-tasting pinnate leaves sometimes used medicinally
    Orchidee
    any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes
    Helmknabenkraut
    any of several orchids of the genus Coryanthes having racemes of a few musky-scented waxy flowers with a helmet-shaped lip process
    Frauenschuh
    any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip; difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden
    Sumpfstendelwurz, Sumpfwurz
    any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
    Bocksorchis, Riemenzunge
    an orchid of the genus Himantoglossum
    Kriechstendel, Netzblatt
    an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having slender often twisted spikes of white flowers
    Gelber Enzian
    robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
    Blauer Sumpfstern, Moorenzian, Tarant
    perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths
    Wiesenknautie, Witwenblume
    perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States
    Feldehrenpreis
    European plant with minute axillary blue flowers on long stalks; widely naturalized in America
    Gamanderehrenpreis
    Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers
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