FLOWER : Flower Dictionary (A-Z)


All flowers have a meaning. The Victorians used to use flowers as a symbol to express their feelings.Here I want to share the langguage of different flowers, what is their meanings? Let’s check it !!

A

  • ACACIA - Concealed Love, Beauty in Retirement, Chaste Love (Secret love)
  • ACORN - Nordic symbol of life and immortality
  • ALOE - Grief
  • ALLSPICE - Compassion
  • AMBROSIA - Your Love is Reciprocated (Love returned)
  • AMARYLLIS - Pride, Timidity, Pastoral Poetry
  • ANEMONE - Unfading love (Forsaken)
  • ANGELICA - Inspiration
  • ANISEED - Restoration of youth
  • ARBUTIS - Thee only do I love
  • APPLE - Preference
  • ASTER - Symbol of love and daintiness
  • AZALEA - Take care of yourself for me, temperance, fragile passion, Chinese symbol of womanhood

B

  • BACHELOR BUTTON - Single Blessedness (Celibacy)
  • BABY’S BREATH - Everlasting Love
  • BASIL - Best Wishes, Love
  • BAY LEAF - Strength
  • BEGONIA - Beware
  • BELLS OF IRELAND - Good luck
  • BIRD OF PARADISE - Magnificence
  • BITTERSWEET - Truth
  • BLUEBELL - Humility, constancy
  • BORAGE - Courage
  • BOUQUET OF WITHERED FLOWERS - Rejected love
  • BURNET - A merry heart
  • BUTTERCUP - Cheerfulness

C

  • CACTUS - Endurance, warmth
  • CALENDULA - Joy
  • CAMELLIA (PINK) - Longing for you
  • CAMELLIA (RED) - You’re a flame in my heart
  • CAMELLIA (WHITE) - You’re adorable
  • CANDYTUFT - indifference
  • CARNATION (GENERAL) - Bonds of affection; health and energy; fascination; woman love
  • CARNATION (PINK) - I'll never forget you
  • CARNATION (PURPLE) - Capriciousness, whimsical, changeable
  • CARNATION (RED) - My heart aches for you, admiration
  • CARNATION (SOLID COLOR) -Yes
  • CARNATION (STRIPED) - No, refusal, sorry I can't be with you, wish I could be with you
  • CARNATION (WHITE) -Sweet and lovely, innocence, pure love, woman's good luck gift
  • CARNATION (YELLOW) - You have disappointed me, Rejection, disdain
  • CATTAIL - Peace, prosperity
  • CHAMOMILE - Patience , attracts wealth
  • CHRYSANTHEMUM (GENERAL) – Cheerfulness, You're a wonderful friend
  • CHRYSANTHEMUM (RED) - I love
  • CHRYSANTHEMUM (WHITE) - Truth
  • CHRYSANTHEMUM (YELLOW) -Slighted love
  • COREOPSIS - Always cheerful
  • CORIANDER - Lust
  • COWSLIP - Pensiveness, winning grace
  • CROCUS - Cheerfulness, abuse not
  • CYCLAMEN - Resignation and goodbye
  • CLOVER - Good luck

D

  • DAFFODIL - Regard, Unrequited Love, You're the Only One, The Sun is Always Shining when I'm with You
  • DAISY - Innocence, Loyal Love, I'll Never Tell, Purity
  • DANDELION - Faithfulness, Happiness Daisy Innocence

E

  • EUCALYPTUS - Protection

F

  • FENNEL - Worthy of all praise
  • FERN - Sincerity
  • FORGET-ME-NOT - True love
  • FERN (MAGIC) - Fascination, confidence and shelter
  • FERN (MAIDENHAIR) - Secret bond of love
  • FEVERFEW - Protection
  • FIR - Time
  • FLAX - Domestic symbol, fate
  • FORSYTHIA - Anticipation

G

  • GARDENIA - You're lovely, secret love
  • GARLAND OF ROSES - Reward of virtue
  • GARLIC - Courage; strength
  • GERANIUM (SCENTED) - Stupidity, folly
  • GLADIOLUS - Love at first sight, Give me a break, O’m really sincere, Flower of the galdiator

H

  • Heather (lavender) - Admiration; solitude
  • Heather (white) - Protection; wishes will come true
  • Hibiscus - Delicate beauty
  • Holly - Good will, Defense;domestic Happiness; foresight
  • Honeysuckle - Generous and devoted affection
  • Hyacinth (general) - Games and sports; rashness;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
  • Hyssop - Wards away evil spirits

I

  • Iris - Faith; hope; wisdom and valor
  • Ivy - Fidelity and friendship
  • Ivy - sprig of white tendrils - Anxious to please; affection

J

  • Jasmine - Amiability; attracts wealth
  • Jonquil - Love me; affection returned; desire; sympathy; desire for a return of affection
  • Juniper - Protection

L

  • Larkspur - pink - Fickleness
  • Lavender - Devotion
  • Lemon - Zest
  • Lemon Balm - Brings love
  • Lemon verbena - Attracts opposite sex
  • Lily (general) - Keeps unwanted visitors away
  • Lily (calia) - Beauty
  • Lily (day) - Coquetry
  • Lily (eucharis) - Maiden 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

M

  • Magnolia - Sweetness; beauty; love of nature
  • Marigold - Comforts the heart
  • Mint - Protection from illness; warmth of feeling
  • Marjoram (sweet) - Joy and happiness
  • Mistletoe - Kiss me; affection; to surmount difficulties; sacred plant of India
  • Monkshood - Beware, a deadly foe is near; chivalry
  • Moss - Maternal love; charity
  • Myrtle - Love; Hebrew emblem of marriage

N

  • Narcissus - Egotism; formality; stay as sweet as you are
  • Nasturtium - Conquest; victory in battle; maternal love; charity; patriotism

O

  • Oleander - Caution; beware
  • Orange - Generosity
  • Orange Blossom - Brings wisdom
  • Orange Mock - Deceit
  • Orchid - Love; beauty; refinement; beautiful lady; Chinese symbol for many children
  • Orchid (cattleya) - Mature charm

P

  • Palm leaves - Victory and success
  • Pansy - Thoughts; love
  • Peach - Longevity
  • Peony - Aphrodisiac
  • Petunia - Resentment; anger; your presence soothes me
  • Pine - Hope; pity
  • Poppy (general) - Eternal sleep ; oblivion; imagination
  • Poppy (red) -Pleasure; consolation
  • Poppy (white) - Consolation; sleep
  • Poppy( yellow) - Wealth; success
  • Prickly Pear - Satire
  • Primrose - I can't live without you; early youth
  • Primrose(evening) - Inconstancy

R

  • Rose (general)(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

S

  • Sage Wisdom - long life
  • Salvia (blue) - I think of you
  • Smilax - Loveliness
  • Snapdragon - Deception; gracious lady; presumption
  • Spiderflower - Elope with me
  • Stephanotis - Happiness in marriage; desire to travel
  • Stock - Lasting beauty
  • Strawberry - Perfect goodness
  • Sunflower - Loyalty; wishes
  • Sweetpea - Goodbye; departure; blissful pleasure; Thank you for a lovely time

T

  • Thyme - Strength and courage; ensures restful sleep
  • Tulip(general) - Fame,charity; perfect lover
  • Tulip(red) - Believe me; declaration of love
  • Tulip(variegated) - Beautiful eyes
  • Tulip(yellow) - Hopeless love

V

  • Violet - Modesty; calms tempers; induces sleep
  • 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

  • Woodruff - sweet humility

Y

  • Yarrow - Health,healing

Z

  • Zinnia - Thoughts of friends
  • Zinnia(magenta) - Lasting affection
  • Zinnia(mixed) - Thinking of an absent friend
  • Zinnia(scarlet) - Constancy
  • Zinnia(white) - Goodness
  • Zinnia(yellow) - Daily remembrance


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