 |
 |
| Acacia |
Secret
Love, Beauty in Retirement, Chaste Love
|
| Amaryllis |
Pride,
Timidity, Splendid Beauty |
| Anemone |
Symbol
of Love, Daintiness |
| Bachelor
Button |
Celibacy |
| Bells
of Ireland |
Good
Luck |
| Bittersweet |
Truth |
| Bluebell |
Humility,
Constancy |
| Calla
Lily |
Beauty |
| Camellia |
Admiration,
Perfection, Good Luck Gift to a Man |
| Carnation |
Fascination,
My Heart Aches for You, Admiration, (White) Pure and Ardent ||Love |
| Chrysanthemum |
You're
a Wonderful Friend, With Love, Cheerfulness and Optimism |
| Crocus |
Cheerfulness,
Abuse Not |
| Daffodil |
You're
the only one; The sun is always shining when I'm with you. |
| Daisy |
Innocence,
Loyal Love |
| Dandelion |
Faithfulness,
Happiness |
| Forget-Me-Not |
True
Love, Memories |
| Gardenia |
You're
Lovely, Secret Love |
| Gladiolus |
Love
at First Sight |
| Heather |
Wishes
Will Come True, Admiration |
| Holly |
Defense,
Domestic Happiness, Foresight |
| Honeysuckle |
A
Wedding Will Follow Shortly |
| Iris
Fleur-de-lis |
Your
Friendship Means So Much to Me, Faith, Hope, Wisdom and Valor,
||My Compliments |
| Ivy |
Wedded
Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Affection |
| Jasmine |
Amiability |
| Jonquil |
Love
Me, Desire, Sympathy, Desire For a Return of Affection |
| Larkspur |
Fickleness |
| Lilac |
Do
You Still Love Me? |
| Lily |
Coquetry,
Pride, Purity |
| Lily
of the Valley |
Sweetness,
Return of Happiness, Humility, You've Made My Life Complete, ||Let's
Make Up |
| Moss |
Maternal
Love, Charity |
| Myrtle |
Love,
Hebrew Emblem of Marriage |
| Narcissus |
Egotism,
Formality, Stay as Sweet as You Are |
| Orange
Blossom |
Innocence,
Eternal Love, Marriage and Fruitfulness |
| Orchid |
Love,
Beauty, Refinement |
| Peony |
Happy
Marriage, Bashfulness |
| Petunia |
Your
Presence Soothes Me, I Am Furious! |
| Poppy |
Pleasure,
Consolation, Wealth, Success |
| Rose |
I
love you, perfect happiness, always, love at first sight, joy
and gladness, please believe me, love and desire, friendship,
unity and warmth of heart |
| Rosebud |
Beauty
and youth, a heart innocent of love |
| Rosemary |
Fidelity
and love, remembrance |
| Snapdragon |
Deception,
Gracious Lady, Presumption |
| Stephanotis |
Happiness
in marriage, desire to travel |
| Stock |
Bond
of affeciton, promptness, lasting beauty |
| Sweet
Pea |
Good-bye,
departure, blissful pleasure, thank you for a lovely time |
| Tulip |
Perfect
love, fame, declaration of love, beautiful eyes, hopeless love |
| Violet |
Modesty,
Faithfulness, let's take a chance on happiness! |
| Zinnia |
Lasting
affection, goodness, daily remembrance |
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More Meanings
|
| Alstroemeria |
Named
after Swedish botanist Baron Klas von Alstroemer. He collected
seeds on a ||trip
to Spain in 1753; among which were seeds of this South American
flower. |
| Anemone |
Or
windflower, as it was believed wind made the blossoms open. Another
legend says ||it
grew for the gods on Mount Olympus, where prevailing winds blew. |
| Anthurium |
From
a Greek word meaning flower tail (anthus meaning flower, oura
meaning tail). ||Also
known as the painted tongue. |
| Aster |
In
Greek it means star, for its star-like blossoms. Legend says that
it was created ||from
stardust when Virgo looked down from the heavens and wept. |
| Baby's
Breath |
Appropriately
named for its small, softly scented blossoms. The botanical name,
||gypsophila,
means love chalk, referring to its preference for chalky soil. |
| Birch
Leaves |
Given
to a man by a woman as a show of encouragement. |
| Bird-Of-Paradise |
Strelitzia
as it is also called, is named after actual birds-of-paradise,
which are the ||most
beautiful birds in the world, with brightly colored plumage and
fanlike tails. |
| Carnation |
From
an old Italian word meaning complexion. The earliest carnations
bore ||flesh-colored
flowers, which gave rise to the name |
| Carnation,
white |
Pure
and ardent love. Good luck to give to a woman. |
| Calla
Lily |
Beauty |
| Chrysanthemum |
From
a Greek word meaning gold flower. In the language of flowers,
red shades speak ||of
love, white of truth, and yellow of slighted love. Also cheerfulness
and optimism. |
| Daffodil |
Or
narcissus. In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his
own reflection. He ||was
turned into a flower, to nod into the water at his reflection
forever. Also means ||"The
sun is always shining when I'm with you, regard." |
| Daisy |
From
the Old English phrase day's eye - many open in the morning, revealing
the ||center
disc and close again each night. The disc is made up of hundreds
of tiny ||flowers. |
| Delphinium |
The
name is derived from the Greek word for dolphin because of the
fancied ||resemblance
of the flower spurs (or partly opened buds) to a dolphin's head. |
| Dendrobium
Orchid |
Dendron
means tree. These orchids grow on trees and are epiphytes, which
means ||they
depend on the tree for structural support but not nutrition. |
| Forget-me-not |
Faithful
love and undying memory, good luck to give to a woman. |
| Freesia |
Named
after German botanist Friedrich H. T. Freese. He was a pupil of
Dr. Christian ||P.
Ecklon who named this genus for Freese. |
| Gardenia |
"I
love you in secret". Good luck to give to a man. |
| Gerbera
Daisy |
Named
after Truagott Gerber, a German botanist and naturalist who traveled
||extensively
in Russia and wrote an important monograph on Russian specimens. |
| Gerbera
Daisy |
As
in gladiator, because of its sword-shaped leaves, derived from
a Latin word ||meaning
little sword. Also referred to in history as the sword lily. |
| Iris |
"I
have a message for you." |
| Lilac,
mauve |
"Do
you still love me?" |
| Lily |
Throughout
the ages, the lily has stood for purity and sweetness, modesty,
whiteness ||and
fragility. Various species are widely referenced in Greek mythology. |
| Lily
of the Valley |
"Let's
make up." |
| Moss |
Maternal
love, charity. |
| Nerine |
Named
after the Nereids in Greek mythology. The Nereids were sea nymphs,
||daughters
of the sea god Nereus. |
| Protea |
Named
after the sea god Proteus who could assume different shapes. And,
indeed|| ||the ||protea
comes in many forms, from tiny dwarf flowers, to shrubs, to trees. |
| Rose |
Romans
believed white roses grew where the tears of Venus fell, as she
mourned the ||loss
of her beloved Adonis. Her son Cupid, stung by a bee, shot arrows
in the rose ||garden.
The sting of the arrows became thorns. Venus pricked her foot
on a thorn, ||and
the droplets of blood dyed the roses red. A single, full bloom
means: I still love ||you;
(Pink) - please
believe me; (Red) - love and desire; (Yellow) - infidelity and
||jealousy
[but now often
means friendship]; (White and Red together) - unity and ||warmth
of heart. |
| Rosemary |
Fidelity
and love, remembrance. |
| Snapdragon |
So
named because of its snout-like blossoms. A light pressure on
either side of a ||single
blossom will make the jaws of the dragon open. |
| Statice |
(or
sea-lavender) because it grows wild in salt-marshes. The Greek
word statice ||means
causing to stand as the spikes stand fresh-looking for months. |
| Tulip |
Named
so because it resembled the colorful Turkish tulband (turban).
The word was ||later
corrupted to tulipan, and much later, abbreviated to tulip. Also
- declaration of ||love,
symbol of perfect lover; (Red) - believe me; (Variegated [bicolor])
- beautiful ||eyes. |
| Violet |
"I
return your love", good luck to give to a woman.
||Zinnia
Lasting affection. |
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