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- # Flower : Meaning
- # $NetBSD: flowers,v 1.2 1997/03/26 06:30:56 mikel Exp $
- # @(#)flowers 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
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- # Upside down reverses the meaning.
- African violet:Such worth is rare.
- Apple blossom:Preference.
- Bachelor's button:Celibacy.
- Bay leaf:I change but in death.
- Camelia:Reflected loveliness.
- Chrysanthemum, other color:Slighted love.
- Chrysanthemum, red:I love.
- Chrysanthemum, white:Truth.
- Clover:Be mine.
- Crocus:Abuse not.
- Daffodil:Innocence.
- Forget-me-not:True love.
- Fuchsia:Fast.
- Gardenia:Secret, untold love.
- Honeysuckle:Bonds of love.
- Ivy:Friendship, fidelity, marriage.
- Jasmine:Amiablity, transports of joy, sensuality.
- Leaves (dead):Melancholy.
- Lilac:Youthful innocence.
- Lilly of the valley:Return of happiness.
- Lilly:Purity, sweetness.
- Magnolia:Dignity, perseverance.
- Marigold:Jealousy.
- Mint:Virtue.
- Orange blossom:Your purity equals your loveliness.
- Orchid:Beauty, magnificence.
- Pansy:Thoughts.
- Peach blossom:I am your captive.
- Petunia:Your presence soothes me.
- Poppy:Sleep.
- Rose, any color:Love.
- Rose, deep red:Bashful shame.
- Rose, single, pink:Simplicity.
- Rose, thornless, any color:Early attachment.
- Rose, white:I am worthy of you.
- Rose, yellow:Decrease of love, rise of jealousy.
- Rosebud, white:Girlhood, and a heart ignorant of love.
- Rosemary:Rememberance.
- Sunflower:Haughtiness.
- Tulip, red:Declaration of love.
- Tulip, yellow:Hopeless love.
- Violet, blue:Faithfulness.
- Violet, white:Modesty.
- Zinnia:Thoughts of absent friends.
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