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Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers; Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas
Bird's-Foot Trefoil. Another dainty flower with a dark meaning behind it, the bird's-foot trefoil flower symbolizes revenge.While revenge is never the answer in real life, writers can use this ...
Lotus flower. The sacred lotus flower is an aquatic perennial plant that typically blooms vibrant petals of pink and white shades. It is one of the most beautiful plants to look at, but the lotus ...
To see a fully awakened person, a Buddha, is so rare that it is like seeing an udumbara flower. In the Tu Hieu Monastery in Hue, there is a scroll which says: "The udumbara flower, although fallen from the stem, is still fragrant." Just as the fragrance of the udumbara flower cannot be destroyed, our capacity for enlightenment is always present.
Illustration from Floral Poetry and the Language of Flowers (1877). According to Jayne Alcock, grounds and gardens supervisor at the Walled Gardens of Cannington, the renewed Victorian era interest in the language of flowers finds its roots in Ottoman Turkey, specifically the court in Constantinople [1] and an obsession it held with tulips during the first half of the 18th century.
Symbols of wisdom and love, asters are linked to Greek mythology (the goddess Astraea wept because there weren't enough stars in the sky, and when her tears fell to earth they turned into the star ...
Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names [3]) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals.It is a tall wetland monocot of the family Acoraceae, in the genus Acorus.
From 1959 to 2001, the one-schilling coin depicted a bunch of three flowers. It is the symbol of the Bulgarian Tourist Union [30] and the Bulgarian Mountain Control and Lifeguard Service. [31] It is also the symbol of the Swiss national tourism organisation. [32] It is featured on the Romanian fifty-lei note. An Austrian brand of beer is Edelweiß.