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Flower Language

This document provides the meanings and symbolism associated with different types of flowers. It lists over 100 different flowers and their meanings, such as roses representing love, lilies representing purity, and orchids representing beauty. The summary focuses on conveying the high-level theme of describing flower meanings and symbolism in a concise manner.

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Flower Language

This document provides the meanings and symbolism associated with different types of flowers. It lists over 100 different flowers and their meanings, such as roses representing love, lilies representing purity, and orchids representing beauty. The summary focuses on conveying the high-level theme of describing flower meanings and symbolism in a concise manner.

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A Acacia - Secret love; chaste love; beauty in retirement; elegance; friendship; h ope Acanthus - Art or artistic; the fine

arts; artifice Achillea millefolia - War Aconite (Wolf's Bane) - Misanthropy Acorn - Nordic symbol of life and immortality Agapanthus - Love letters Agnus castus - Coldness; indifference Allspice - Compassion Almond Blossom - Hope; lover's charm Aloe - Grief Alstroemeria - Devotion; friendship Alyssum - Worth beyond beauty Ambrosia - Love returned Amaranth - Fidelity Amaranth, Globe - Unchangeable; immortality; unchanging love Amaryllis - Pride; timidity; splendid beauty Anemone - Unfading love; truth; sincerity; anticipation; forsaken; fading hope Angelica - Inspiration Aniseed - Restoration of youth Apple blossom - Preference; good fortune Arbor Vitae - True friendship Arbutus - Thee only do I love Artemisia - Dignity Asphodel - My regrets follow you to the grave Aster - Love; daintiness Azalea - Take care of yourself for me; fragile passion; temperance; Chinese symb ol of womanhood B Bachelor's Buttons - Celibacy; single blessedness; hope in love Baby's Breath - Everlasting love; happiness; pure in heart Basil - Best Wishes; love; hatred Bay Leaf - Strength; I change but in death Bear's Breeches - Art or artistic; the fine arts; artifice Begonia - Beware Betony - Surprise Bells Of Ireland - Good luck Bilberry - Treachery Bird Of Paradise - Magnificence Bittersweet - Truth Bluebell - Humility; constancy Borage - Courage; bluntness Bouquet of withered flowers - Rejected love Broom - Humility; neatness Bulrush - Indiscretion; docility Burnet - A merry heart Buttercup - Cheerfulness; ingratitude; childishness; desire for riches C Cactus - Endurance; warmth; grandeur Calendula - Joy Calla - Magnificent beauty Camellia - Admiration; perfection; good luck gift to a man; loveliness Camellia (Pink) - Longing for you Camellia (Red) - You're a flame in my heart Camellia (White) - You're adorable Camomile - Energy in adversity Candytuft - Indifference

Carnation (in general) Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; alas for my poor heart Carnation (pink) - I'll never forget you Carnation (purple) - Capriciousness; whimsical; changeable Carnation (red) - My heart aches for you; admiration Carnation (solid colour) -Yes Carnation (striped)- No; refusal; sorry I can't be with you; wish I could be wit h you Carnation (white) -Sweet and lovely; innocence; pure love; woman's good luck gif t Carnation (yellow) - You have disappointed me; Rejection; disdain Cattail - Peace; prosperity Cedar - I live for thee; think of me Celandine - Joys to come Chamomile - Patience ; attracts wealth Chysanthemum (in general) - Cheerfulness; You're a wonderful friend Chysanthemum (red) - I love Chysanthemum (white) - Truth Chysanthemum (yellow) -Slighted love Cinnamon - My fortune is yours Clover (four-leaf) - Good luck; be mine Columbine - Folly Coreopsis - Always cheerful Corn - Riches Cornflower - Delicacy; refinement Coriander - Lust Cowslip - Pensiveness; winning grace Coxcomb - Foppery Crocus - Cheerfulness; abuse not; joy Crown Imperial - Majesty; power Cyclamen - Resignation and goodbye; diffidence D Daffodil - Respect; regard; unrequited love; deceit Dahlia - Good taste; instability Daisy - Innocence; loyal love; purity; faith; cheer; simplicity Dandelion - Wishes come true; faithfulness; happiness; rustic oracle Daphne odora - Painting the lily Delphinium - Airy Dogwood - Durability E Edelweiss - Daring; noble courage Eglantine - Poetry; I wound to heal Elder - Zealousness Elm - Dignity Eucalyptus - Protection Eupatorium - Delay F Fennel - Worthy of all praise; strength Fern - Sincerity Fern (Magic) - Fascination; confidence and shelter Fern (Maidenhair) - Secret bond of love Feverfew - Protection Fig - Argument Fir - Time Flax - Domestic symbol; fate; I feel your kindness Forget-me-not - True love; memories; forget me not Forsythia - Anticipation Foxglove - Insincerity

Fuchsia - Good taste Fuller's Teasel - Misanthropy G Gardenia - You're lovely; secret love; refinement; joy Garland of roses - Reward of virtue Garlic - Courage; strength Geranium (Oak leafed) - Friendship Geranium (Rose) - Preference Geranium (Scented) - Preference, melancholy; stupidity; folly Gillyflower - Bonds of affection Gladiolus - Love at first sight; ready-armed; strength of character; generosity Gloxinia - Love at first sight Golden Rod - Precaution Grass - Submission; utility Guelder Rose - Winter; age H Harebell - Submission; grief Hawthorn - Hope Hazel - Reconciliation Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude Heather (pink) - Good luck Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true; good luck Helenium - Tears Heliotrope - Devotion; eternal love; faithfulness Hemlock - You will be my death Hibiscus - Delicate beauty Holly - Good will; defence; domestic happiness; foresight Hollyhock - Female ambition; fecundity Honesty - Honesty; fascination Honeysuckle - Generous and devoted affection; sweetness of disposition Hop - Injustice Hyacinth (general) - Rashness, sorrow, flower dedicated to Apollo Hyacinth (blue) - Constancy Hyacinth ( purple) - I'm sorry; please forgive me; sorrow Hyacinth (red or pink) - Play Hyacinth (white) - Loveliness; I'll pray for you Hyacinth (yellow) - Jealousy Hydrangea - Thank you for understanding; frigidity; heartlessness; vanity Hyssop - Wards away evil spirits; cleanliness I Ice plant - Your looks freeze me Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valour; my compliments; eloquence; message Ivy - Fidelity; friendship; affection; marriage J Jasmine - Amiability; wealth; grace and elegance Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy Judas Tree - Unbelief; betrayal Juniper - Protection; succour K Kingcup - Desire for riches L Laburnum - Forsaken; pensive beauty Larkspur (pink) - Fickleness; levity Laurel (mountain) - Ambition; glory

Lavender - Devotion, distrust Lemon - Zest Lemon Balm - Brings love Lemon verbena - Attracts opposite sex Lilac - First love Lily (general) - Purity Lily (calla) - Beauty Lily (day) - Coquetry Lily (eucharis) - Maidenly charms Lily (orange) - Hatred Lily (tiger) - Wealth; pride Lily (white) - Virginity; purity; majesty; it's heavenly to be with you Lily (yellow) - I'm walking on air; false and gay Lily of the valley - sweetness; return to happiness; humility; perferct purity Lobelia - Malevolence Love-in-a-mist - Perplexity Love-lies-bleeding - Hopeless; not heartless Lupin - Voraciousness; admiration M Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature; nobility; dignity; splendid beauty Marigold - Comforts the heart; grief; cruelty; jealousy; sacred affection Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness; blushes Meadowsweet - Uselessness Michaelmas Daisy - Afterthought; farewell Mignionette - Your qualities surpass your charms Mimosa - Sensitivity Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling; virtue Mistletoe - Kiss me; affection; I surmount difficulties; sacred plant of India, magic plant of the Druids Monkshood - Beware, a deadly foe is near; chivalry Morning Glory - Affectation Moss - Maternal love; charity Myrrh - Gladness Myrtle - Love; love in absence; remembrance; Hebrew emblem of marriage Myrtle (wax) - Discipline; instruction N Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are; you love yourself too well; self-esteem Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism Nightshade - Truth O Oak leaves - Bravery Oleander - Caution; beware Orange - Generosity Orange Blossom - Wisdom; purity; eternal love; your purity equals your lovelines s Orange (mock) - Deceit Orchid - Love; beauty; refinement; you flatter me Orchid (Cattleya) - Mature charm P Palm leaves - Victory and success Pansy - Thoughts; love Parsley - Festivities Pasque Flower - You have no claims Peach blossom - Longevity; I am your captive Peony - Shame; bashfulness; anger; indignation

Peppermint - Warmth of feelings Periwinkle (blue) - Early friendship Periwinkle (white) - Pleasures of memory Persicaria - Restoration Petunia - Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me; never despairing Phlox - Agreement; unanimity; sweet dreams Pine - Hope; pity Pink - Boldness Poinsettia - Be of good cheer Polyanthus - Pride of riches Poppy (general) - Eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance Poppy (red) -Pleasure; fantastic extravagance Poppy (white) - Consolation; sleep Poppy( yellow) - Wealth; success Prickly Pear - Satire Primrose - I can't live without you; early youth; young love Primrose (evening) - Inconstancy Q Quaking Grass - Agitation Queen Anne's Lace - Fantasy Quince - Temptation R Ranunculus - You are radiant with charms Rocket - Rivalry Rose (red) - Love ; I love you Rose (white) - Eternal Love; innocence; heavenly; secrecy and silence Rose (pink) - Perfect happiness; please believe me Rose (yellow) - Friendship; jealousy; try to care Rose (black) - Death Rose (red and white) - Together; unity Rose (thornless) - Love at first sight Rose (single, full bloom) - I love you; I still love you Rose bud - Beauty and youth; a heart innocent of love Rose bud (red) - Pure and lovely Rose bud (white) - Girlhood Rosebud (moss) - Confessions of love Roses (bouquet of full bloom) - Gratitude Roses (garland or crown of) - Beware of virtue; reward of merit; crown ; symbol of superior merit Roses (musk cluster) - Charming Rose (tea) - I'll always remember Rose (cabbage) - Ambassador of love Rose (Christmas) - Tranquilize my anxiety; anxiety Rose (damask) - Brilliant complexion Rose (dark crimson) - Mourning Rose (hibiscus) - Delicate beauty Rose leaf - You may hope Rosemary - Remembrance; commitment; fidelity Rudbeckia - Justice Rue - Disdain S Saffron - Beware of excess Sage - Wisdom; long life; domestic virtue Salvia (blue) - I think of you Scabious - Unfortunate love Shamrock - Lightheartedness Smilax - Loveliness

Snapdragon - No; deception; gracious lady; presumption Snowdrop - Hope Spearmint - Warmth of sentiment Spiderflower - Elope with me Spindle Tree - Your charms are engraved on my heart Statice - Lasting beauty Star of Bethlehem - Atonement; purity Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage; desire to travel; come to me Stock - Lasting beauty; promptness Strawberry - Perfect goodness Sunflower - Loyalty; haughtiness; you are splendid Sweet Basil - Good luck Sweet pea - Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time Sweet William - Grant me one smile; perfection; gallantry Syringa - Memory T Tamarisk - Crime Thrift - Sympathy Thyme - Strength and courage; activity Tuberose - Dangerous pleasure Tulip(general) - Fame; charity; declaration of love; Tulip(red) - Believe me; declaration of love Tulip(variegated) - Beautiful eyes Tulip(yellow) - Hopeless love U V Valerian - An accommodating disposition Vernal Grass - Poor but happy Veronica - Fidelity Violet - Modesty; faithfulness Violet (blue) - Watchfulness; faithfulness; I'll always be true Violet (white) - Let's take a chance on happiness Viscaria - Will you dance with me? W Wallflower Water Lily Wistaria Woodruff Wormwood - Fidelity in adversity - Purity of heart I cling to you Sweet humility Absence

X Xeranthemum - Cheerfulness under adversity Y Yarrow - Health; healing Yew - Sorrow Z Zinnia Zinnia Zinnia Zinnia Zinnia Zinnia - Thoughts of friends (magenta) - Lasting affection (mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend (scarlet) - Constancy (white) - Goodness (yellow) - Daily remembrance

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