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Meanings of millinery flower in English

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Imitation flower, usually of silk or synthetic fabric, used as an ornament on clothing or hats.

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        Examples for "flower"
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        Mr Johnston hopes the flower industry has something better planned next year.
        Radio NZ
        2
        In Luther, it was the root; in Erasmus, it was the flower.
        Short Studies on Great Subjects
        3
        That's right: The flower of sustainable energy is blooming in oil country.
        Wired
        4
        Of course, I can't look at the flower without thinking of Eio.
        Origin
        5
        Imported seeds may flower at a different time, affecting the food chain.
        The Irish Times
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        Richard Novack makes fabric flowers, some dyed in a shade called Treasury Green.
        The new yorker
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        Her hair has been styled with two sparkly hairclips and she is wearing a pale pink dress studded with fabric flowers.
        The Guardian
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        Handwritten letters, silk flower leis, a thermos from a Batman lunch box.
        The nobodies album
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        Accessorize: Slip on antennae from the dress up box and carry a silk flower.
        Wired
        3
        It was an orange silk flower swaying in a woman's hair as she took her place on her knees.
        Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
        4
        She had removed a faded silk flower from her bonnet and fastened it to her hair with a comb.
        Romancing miss bronte: a novel
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        A silk flowered-pattern dress with belt, showy bracelet and earrings, flouncy sleeves.
        The Godfather
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        The tall pagoda, like a velvet flower, blossoms against the sky; the Sacred Mountain fades, and in the town a child laughs suddenly.
        Profiles from China / Sketches in Free Verse of People and Thing...
        2
        And lo, what she carried in her beak twinkled and trembled and shone in many colors, like a drop of dew on a velvet flower-cheek.
        The Curious Book of Birds
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        A 1937 calendar, paper dolls, blue bow and velvet flowers all cosseted in a chocolate box.
        Radio NZ
        4
        On mantelets of silk, entirely embroidered velvet ribbon is worn; or stamped velvet flowers, upon the stuff, produce a very pleasing effect.
        The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
        Usage of millinery flower in English
        1
        She took up one of them: Rose and Storey, importers of French millinery , flowers, feathers, ribbons, etcetera.
        The Nebuly Coat