State Flowers Word Search
Play a State Flowers word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: ASTER, AZALEA, DOGWOOD, ROSE, PEONY, ZINNIA, DAHLIA, IRIS, VIOLET, LUPINE, MAGNOLIA, FORSYTHIA.
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State Flowers word list, defined
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- ASTER /ˈæstər/ · noun
- A flowering plant of the genus Aster, typically bearing daisy-like flowers with a yellow central disc and purple, blue, pink, or white rays; also, the star-shaped flower of such a plant. The word can also refer to a star-shaped structure or figure, especially in scientific contexts. Related: daisy, fleabane, goldenrod.
- AZALEA /əˈzeɪliə/ · noun
- A flowering shrub of the genus Rhododendron, bearing showy, typically pink, red, purple, or white funnel-shaped blossoms in spring. Related: rhododendron, shrub, bush.
- DOGWOOD /ˈdɒɡwʊd/ (British), /ˈdɔːɡwʊd/ or /ˈdɑːɡwʊd/ (US) · noun
- A dogwood is a tree or shrub of the genus Cornus, known for its showy spring flowers, colourful autumn foliage, and distinctive bark. The term also refers to the hard, fine-grained wood of these trees. Related: cornel, flowering tree, shrub.
- ROSE /roʊz/ (US); /rəʊz/ (British) · noun, verb, adjective
- As a noun, a rose is a flowering plant of the genus Rosa, valued for its often fragrant and colorful blooms; it can also refer to the flower itself. As a verb, it is the past tense of rise, and as an adjective, it describes a pinkish-red color. Related: flower, bloom, blossom, floraison.
- PEONY /ˈpiːəni/ · noun
- A perennial flowering plant of the genus Paeonia, valued for its large, often fragrant flowers, which may be pink, red, white, or yellow. It includes both herbaceous peonies, whose stems die back in winter, and woody tree peonies.
- ZINNIA /ˈzɪniə/ · noun
- A chiefly annual flowering plant of the genus Zinnia, belonging to the daisy family and grown for its showy, often brightly colored blooms.
- DAHLIA /ˈdeɪliə/ · noun
- A dahlia is a tuberous-rooted flowering plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America, cultivated for its showy, often brightly coloured flower heads; the term also refers to the flower itself.
- IRIS /ˈaɪrɪs/ · noun
- The iris is the colored, muscular part of the eye that controls the amount of light entering the pupil. The word also names a family of flowers with sword-shaped leaves and showy blooms, and refers to the Greek mythological figure associated with the rainbow. Related: rainbow, eye ring, flag, flowering plant.
- VIOLET /ˈvaɪələt/ · noun and adjective
- As a noun, a violet is a flowering plant of the genus Viola, known for its often purple or blue-purple blossoms. It can also denote a purplish-blue color; as an adjective, violet describes something of that color. Related: purple, purplish, mauve, lilac.
- LUPINE /ˈluːpaɪn/ (adjective); /ˈluːpɪn/ (noun) · adjective and noun
- As an adjective, lupine means resembling or characteristic of a wolf. As a noun, it denotes any of the plants in the genus Lupinus, especially the commonly cultivated garden lupine. Related: wolf-like, wolflike, predatory, feral.
- MAGNOLIA /məɡˈnoʊliə/ (US); /məɡˈnəʊliə/ (UK) · noun
- A magnolia is any tree or shrub of the genus Magnolia, valued for its large, often fragrant flowers. The word can also refer to the flower of a magnolia tree. Related: magnolia tree, magnolia blossom.
- FORSYTHIA /fərˈsɪθiə/ · noun
- A forsythia is a deciduous shrub of the genus Forsythia, belonging to the olive family (Oleaceae), grown in gardens for its bright yellow flowers that appear in early spring, often before the leaves emerge.
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