Section A.
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ABUTILON |
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Meditation |
ACACIA (Rose or White) |
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Elegance, Friendship, Hope |
ACACIA (Yellow) |
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Secret love , Platonic love, Beauty in Retirement |
ACANTHUS |
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Artistic, Artifice, The Fine Arts |
ACHILLEA |
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War, Power to Overcome |
ACHIMENES |
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Rare Worth, Such Worth is Rare |
ACONITE |
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Lustre, Misanthropy (one of the four poisons) |
ACORN |
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Nordic Symbol of Life and Immortality |
ADDER'S TONGUE |
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Jealousy |
ADONIS |
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Sad memories |
AFRICAN VIOLET(Saintpaulia) |
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Faithfulness |
AGAPANTHUS (General) |
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Enduring Spiritual Beauty and Purity |
AGAPANTHUS(General) |
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Love Flower, Love Letters |
AGAVE |
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Tree of Life (Mexico), Abundance |
AGNUS CASTUS(Chaste Tree) |
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Coldness, Indifference |
AGRIMONY |
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Gratitude |
AJUGA |
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Cheerful Heart, Lovable, Cheers the Heart |
ALDER |
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Protection, Symbol of Appearance and Glamour |
ALDER(Tree) |
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Conguers Adversities, Strenght from Within |
ALLIUM |
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Strength |
ALLAMANDA |
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Heavenly Chief |
ALLSPICE |
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Compassion |
ALMOND (General) |
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Divination, Wisdom, Clairvoyance, Money and Business |
ALMOND (Blossom & Tree) |
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Hope, Promise, Thoughtfulness, Lovers Charm |
ALMOND (Tree) |
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Abiding Love & Friendship |
ALOE |
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Overcomes Grief, Devotion, Spiritual& Physical Healing |
ALOE |
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Can be used to represent feelings of bitterness & pain |
ALSTROEMERIA |
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Devotion, Friendship, Wealth, Prosperity, Fortune |
ALTHEA (Mallow) |
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Consumed by Love, see Hollyhock |
ALYSSUM |
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Worth Beyond Beauty |
ALYSSUM (Sweet) |
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Excellence Beyond Beauty, Exemplary Modesty |
AMARANTHUS (General) |
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Immortality, Fidelity, Everlasting Friendship |
AMARANTH (Cockscomb) |
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Affectation, Pretension |
AMARANTH (Globe) |
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Constant, Unchangeable, Immortal or Unchangable Love |
AMARANTH (Plume, Drape, Foliage) |
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Foppery, Immortality, Pretension |
AMARYLLIS |
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Beautiful, Timid but Proud and Lovely |
AMARYLLIS(see Hippeastrum) |
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Pride, Splendid Beauty |
AMBROSIA |
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Love Returned, Will You Return My Love? |
ANCHUSA (Bugloss) |
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Falsehood |
ANEMONE (General) |
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Unfading Love, Truth, Sincerity |
ANEMONE(General) |
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Anticipation, Expectation; Daintiness |
ANEMONE(General) |
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Overcomes or represents fading hope & the foresaken |
ANEMONE (Windflower) |
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Abandonment, or Strength in the face of this |
ANEMONE (Darker Shadings) |
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The forsaken, sickness, or strength against these things |
ANGELICA |
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Inspiration, Magic |
ANGEL'S TRUMPETS (Brugmansia) |
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Fame, Thoughts of Those Dearly Departed |
ANGREC (Comet Orchid) |
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Royalty, Secret Love, Chaste Love |
ANISEED |
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Restoration of Youth |
ANTHEMIS |
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Energy in Action, Endurance and Healing |
ANTHERICUM(Spider Plant) |
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Antidote |
ANTHURIUM |
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Lover, My Love |
ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon) |
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Strength, Gracious Lady, Power of Will |
APOCYNUM |
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Falsehood, Figment, I Doubt You |
APPLE |
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Healing, Prosperity, Love, Bounty, Abundance, Perpetual Youth, Innocence, Strength, Beauty, Temptation, Represents a Choice |
APPLE BLOSSOM |
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Preference, Better Things to Come, Good Fortune |
APPLE-BLOSSOM |
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Preference |
APRICOT |
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Love |
ARBOR-VITAE |
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Eternal, I Never Change, Live for Me, Friendship |
ARBOR-VITAE |
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Immortality, True and Everlasting Friendship |
ARBUTUS |
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Thee Only Do I Love, You Are My Only Love |
ARBUTUS (Trailing) |
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Welcome |
ARISAEMA(Jack-in-the-Pulpit) |
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Continued Happiness, Love-Springs-Eternal |
ARTEMISIA |
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Dignity |
ARMERIA (Thrift) |
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Sympathy |
ARUM |
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Ardor |
ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) |
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Sad Remembrance, Hope from Sorrow, Let Me Go |
ASH ((General) |
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Prudence, Purification, Protection |
ASH (General) |
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With Me You Are Safe |
ASH TREE(Fraxinus) |
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Grandeur |
ASPARAGUS FERN |
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Fascination |
ASPEN |
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Excess of sensibility, fear, groan, Lamentation |
ASPHODEL(Ancient name of Daffodil) |
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My Regrets Follow You to the Grave, Memorial Sorrow |
ASTER (General) |
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Symbol & Talisman of Love, Daintiness, Contentment |
ASTER (General) |
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Variety, Delicacy, Patience, Love Vibrations, Elegance |
ASTER (China) |
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Fidelity, Variety, Love of Variety, I Will Think of You |
ASTER (also see: Michaelmas Daisy) |
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Afterthoughts, Fond Farewell, Healthy Emotions |
ASTER(Starwort)(American Starwort) |
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Cheerfulness(in old age);Welcome(to a stranger),The Star |
ASTER (Wild Varieties) |
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Drives Away Evil, Sacred Star |
ASTILBE |
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I'll Still Be Waiting |
AURICULA |
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Painting, wealth is not always happiness |
AURICULA |
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Pride (scarlet) |
AZALEA (General) |
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Take Care, Fragile, Passion, Chinese Symbol of Womanhood |
AZALEA (General) |
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Moderation, Temperance, Your blush has won me |
AZALEA (General) |
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Take care of yourself for me, Fragile Passion |
AZALEA (General) |
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Romance, Love, First Love |
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Section B.
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BABY'S BREATH (Gypsophila) |
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Everlasting Love, Innocence, Pure of Heart |
BABY'S BREATH |
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Pure of Heart, Happiness |
BACHELOR BUTTON (Centaurea) |
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Single Blessedness, Celibacy, Refinement |
BACHELOR BUTTON |
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Devotion, Hope, Love, Hope in Love |
BALM (General) |
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Sympathy, Healing, Relief from saddness, Pleasantry |
BALM (Bee)(Monarda) |
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Irresistible |
BALM (Lemon) |
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Healing, Sympathy,Brings Love, Pleasantry, Divination |
BALM OF GILEAD |
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Healing and Relief, I Am Cured |
BALSAM (Annual bush) |
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Ardent Love |
BALSAM (Impatien) |
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Impatience for Love, Impatience |
BALSAM OF PERU(Myroxylon) |
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Cure, Cure for heartache |
BAMBOO |
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Steadfast Loyalty and Strength |
BARBERRY |
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Sharpness of temper, Sourness |
BASIL (General) |
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Kingly, Royal, Highly Spiritual, Best Wishes & Luck |
BASIL (Sweet) |
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Good Wishes, Good Luck |
BASIL (European or French) |
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Hatred |
BAY TREE |
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Glory, Triumph of Humanity, Strength, Famous & Noteable |
BAY WREATH |
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Reward of Merit |
BAYBERRY |
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Discipline, instruction |
BAY-LEAF (Laurel) |
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Strength, Famous and Noteable, I Change but in Death |
BEARS BREECHES(Acanthus) |
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Art or Artistic, The Fine Arts, Artifice |
BEECH (General) |
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Stability, Flow of Energy, Incredible conductor of Energy |
BEECH TREE |
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Prosperity, Lovers' Tryst |
BEGONIA |
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Cordiality, A Fanciful Nature, Patron of Science |
BEGONIA |
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Beware,Deformity (from wicken) |
BEGONIA (Hybrid forms) |
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Patron of Science and Botony, the unusual and unique |
BELLADONNA(Plant) |
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Silence, sometimes Sleep |
BELLADONNA(Lily) |
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Pure Loveliness, I Dream of You, You are a Dream |
BELLFLOWER (General) |
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Constancy, Gratitude, I Wish to Speak to You |
BELLFLOWER (White)(Small Forms) |
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Gratitude |
BELLS OF IRELAND |
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Good Luck, Gratitude |
BELLWORT |
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Hopelessness |
BERGAMOT(Monarda)(Bee Balm) |
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Irresistible |
BETONY |
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Surprise |
BILBERRY |
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Treachery |
BINDWEED(Convolvulus, purple) |
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Eminence |
BINDWEED(Convolvulus, field) |
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Humility |
BIRCH |
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Rebirth, Protection, Purification, New Beginnings |
BIRCH (Tree) |
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Graceousness, Meekness, Self-Sacrifice, Devotion |
BIRD OF PARADISE |
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Joyful, Magnificence, A Symbol of Faithfulness |
BISHOPS FLOWER (Ammi majus) |
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Haven, Sanctuary, Warmth, Fantasy |
BITTERSWEET |
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Truth, A Platonic Love |
BLACK BRYONT/LADY'S SEAL |
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Be My Support |
BLACK POPLAR |
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Courage |
BLACKTHORN (General) |
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Difficulty, Unexpected Change, I have changed radically |
BLACKTHORN (Tree) |
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Transition, Sudden Change, Death |
BLACK(or BROWN)-EYED SUSAN |
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Justice, Impartiality, Love Conquers All |
BLUEBELL(English & Spanish) |
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Constancy, Humility, Gratitude, sometimes Grief |
BLUEBELL(Bell Flower) |
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Humility,Constancy, also Sorrowful Regret |
BLUEBERRY |
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Prayer |
BLUEBOTTLE |
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Delicacy |
BLUETS |
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Contentment |
BONSAI/TOPIARY |
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Stability, Strength |
BORAGE |
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Courage, Talent ,Talented; Bluntness, Rudeness |
BOUGAINVIILEA |
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A Beauty, Beautiful Day, Papers, Paper Flowers |
BOUQUET (Given/Accepted with Right Hand) |
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Accepted, Agreement, Affirmation |
BOUQUET(Given/Accepted with Left Hand) |
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Refusal, Disagreement, Negative Response |
BOUQUET OF WITHERED FLOWERS |
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Rejected Love |
BOUVARDIA |
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Enthusiasm |
BOXWOOD |
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Constancy |
BRAMBLE |
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Holiness, Remorse, Envy |
BROOM (General)(Spanish) |
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Humility, Neatness, Cleanliness |
BROOM (Prickly) |
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Misanthropy |
BROWALLIA (Amethyst) |
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Admiration, Could You Bear Poverty |
BRUGMANSIA (Angel's Trumpets) |
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Thoughts of Those Dearly Departed |
BRYONY (White Briony, gourds) |
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Prosperity, Support |
BUCK BEAN |
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Calm Repose, Quiet |
BUGLE WEED (Ajuga) |
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Cheerful Heart, Lovable |
BUGLOSS (Anchusa) |
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Falsehood |
BULRUSH |
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Docile and Gentle, Indiscretion |
BURDOCK |
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Importunity, Touch-Me-Not |
BUTTERCUP |
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Cherrfulness, Natural Riches |
BUTTERCUP(Wild) |
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Childishness, Ingratitude, Desire for Riches |
BUTTERFLY-WEED |
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Sad Remembrance, Hope from Sorrow, Let Me Go |
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Section C.
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CABBAGE |
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Profit |
CACTUS |
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Maternal Love, Endurance, My Heart Burns with Love |
CACTUS |
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Grandeur, Warmth, Enduring Love |
CALENDULA (Pot Marigold) |
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Winning Grace, Joy, Grace |
CALENDULA |
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Presage, Overcomes trouble,grief & jealousy, |
CALLA LILY (Zantadeschia) |
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With Me You Are Safe |
CALYCANTHUS(Carolina Allspice) |
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Benevolence |
CALYCANTHUS(Strawberry Bush) |
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Benevolence |
CAMELLIA (General) |
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Admiration, Perfection, Good Luck Gift for a Man |
CAMELLIA (General) |
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Loveliness, Gratitude |
CAMELLIA (Pink) |
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Longing; Longing for You |
CAMELLIA (Red) |
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Unpretending excellence, Alas My Poor Heart |
CAMELLIA (Red) |
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You're a flame in my heart, Innate Warmth,Loveliness |
CAMELLIA (White) |
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Adoration, Perfection, Loveliness, You are Adorable |
CAMELLIA (White) |
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Perfected Loveliness,Without blemish |
CANNA LILY |
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Glorious, Magnificent Beauty |
CHAMOMILE |
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Energy, Energy in/or overcoming adversity |
CAMPANULA |
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Gratitude, Constancy in adversity, I Am So Grateful |
CANDYTUFT |
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Sweetness, Stoic Beauty, Indifference, Wedding Flower |
CANTERBURY BELLS |
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Gratitude, Acknowledgement, Obligation |
CANTERBURY BELLS(Bell Flower) |
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Gratitude, Humility |
CARDAMINE |
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Ardor, Parental Ardor; Paternal Error |
CARDINAL FLOWER(Scarlet Lobelia) |
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Distinction |
CARNATION (General) |
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Fidelity, Love, Pride and Beauty, Health and Energy |
CARNATION (General) |
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Bonds of Love, Fascination, Devoted Love, Yes |
CARNATION (General) |
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Divine Love, Distinction, Symbol of Woman, Divine Flower |
CARNATION (General) |
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Classic Symbol of Love and Affection |
CARNATION (Greek) |
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Flower of the Gods |
CARNATION (Pink) |
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I'll Never Forget You, Women's Love, Maternal Love |
CARNATION (Pink) |
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Mother's Undying Love, Tears of Virgin Mary for Her Son |
CARNATION (Hot Pink) |
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Ardent Love |
CARNATION (Purple) |
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Capriciousness, Changeable, Whimsical |
CARNATION (Red) |
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Love, Admiration, Friendship, Pride, Passion |
CARNATION (Red, spicy Deep Red) |
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My Heart Aches for You, Alas My Poor Heart, Passionate Love |
CARNATION (Solid Colour)) |
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Yes |
CARNATION (Spain/Spanish Cultures) |
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Divine Flower for Strength, Protection and Healing |
CARNATION (Striped) |
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No, Refusal, Sorry I Can't Be With You, Wish I Could Be With You |
CARNATION (White) |
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Pure and Ardent Love, Sweet & Lovely, Innocence |
CARNATION (White) |
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Faithfulness, Good Luck, Woman's Good Luck Gift |
CARNATION (White) |
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Woman's or Mother's Symbol of Strength and Purity |
CARNATION (Yellow) |
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Disappointment, Rejection, Disdain |
CATALPA |
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Beware of the Coquette |
CATCHFLY |
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Unchanging Friendship; Snair; Prentended Love |
CATCHFLY (Night Flowering) |
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Night |
CATCHFLY (RED) |
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Youthful Love, I Fall Victim |
CATTAIL |
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Peace, Prosperity |
CATTLEYA(Orchid) |
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Mature charms, Matronly Grace |
CEDAR (General) |
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I live but for thee, Think of Me, Prosperity, Longevity |
CEDAR (Tree) |
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Strength, Long Life, Drives away negative energies |
CELANDINE(Cape Buttercup) |
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Joys to come |
CELANDINE(Pilewort, Figwort) |
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Future Joy |
CELOSIA (Princes Feather) |
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Unfading Love, I blush for you, Immortality |
CENTAUREA (Bachelor Buttons) |
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Hope in Love, Devotion, Celibacy |
CENTAUREA (Bachelor Buttons) |
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Delicacy, Refinement, Single Blessedness |
CENTAURY (Centarium) |
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Delicacy |
CERCUS(Redbud Tree) |
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Love Tree, sometimes betrayal |
CEREUS (night-blooming) |
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Transient beauty, a spectacular moment |
CHAENOMELES(Japanese Quince) |
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Symbolic of Luck, Prosperity, Good Fortune, Love |
CHAMOMILE |
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Energy in adversity, Healing |
CHAMOMILE(Golden Marguerite) |
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Patience, Attracts Wealth, Energy in Adversity |
CHAMOMILE//ANTHEMIS |
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Energy in Action, Endurance and Healing |
CHASTE TREE (Vitex) |
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Coldness |
CHEIRANTHUS (Wallflower) |
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Faithful in Adversity, Fidelity, Lasting Beauty |
CHERRY BLOSSOM (SINGLE) |
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Education, Endurance, Celebration of New Beginnings |
CHERRY-BLOSSOM |
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Spiritual Beauty |
CHERRY BLOSSOM (Japan) |
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Transience of Life |
CHERRY BLOSSOM (China) |
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Feminine Beauty |
CHERRY TREES |
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Education, Endurance, Celebration of New Beginnings |
CHERRY TREE (Autumn/Winter Flowering) |
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Same meaning but can also represent deception, false hopes |
CHERVIL |
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Sincerity |
CHESTNUT BLOSSOM |
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Please Do Me Justice |
CHESTNUT TREE |
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Justice, Justice Shall be Done, sometimes Luxury |
CHESTNUT TREE (Horse) |
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Luxury |
CHICKWEED |
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I Cling to Thee |
CHICKWEED |
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Give an Account of Yourself, Rendezvous |
CHICORY |
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Frugality |
CHIVES |
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Protection, Courage, Strength |
CHRISTMAS ROSE(Helleborus) |
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Wit, Relieve My Anxiety, A Beautiful Year Ahead |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (General) |
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Love, Classic Love Flower, Abundance & Wealth, Cheerfulness, You're a Wonderful Friend |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (General) |
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Long Life, Cheer, Joy, Truth, Optimism, Rest |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (European Tradition) |
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Symbol of Condolence used at funerals and on graves |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Japanese) |
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Symbol of the Emperor, the Sun, Lucky Golden Flowers |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Chinese) |
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Loveliness and Cheerfulness, Cheerfulness in Adversity |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Asian Traditions) |
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Flower of Nobility & Distinction, Object of Meditation |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Cushion & Hardy) |
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Fidelity |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Amethyst) |
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Power and Protection |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Bronze Shades) |
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Happy Hearth & Home, Joy, Long Life, Truth, Friendship |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Red) |
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Love, I Love, A Classic Love Symbol |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (White) |
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Truth, Hope, Loyal Love, Pure & True Affections |
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Yellow) |
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Happiness, also Slighted Love, Dejection |
CINERARIA |
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Always Delighted, You are My Delight |
CINERARIA |
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Ever Bright and Wonderful |
CINNAMON |
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My Fortune is Yours |
CINQUEFOIL |
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Beloved Child, Beloved Daughter |
CISTUS (Rock Rose) |
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Popular Favour |
CITRON (Citrus medica) |
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Natured beauty |
CITRONELLA (Cymbopogan nardus) |
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Protection, Healing, Cleansing, Man's love |
CLARKIA |
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Your Witty Conversation Delights Me |
CLEMATIS (General)) |
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Rest, Safety, Artifice, Filial Love |
CLEMATIS (General)) |
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Intelligence, Ingenuity, Intellectual, Clever |
CLEMATIS(Hybrid Shades) |
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Mental Beauty, Love of Family (Sons, Daughters) |
CLEMATIS (Evergreen) |
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Ingenuity, Poverty overcome through Mental Ingenuity |
CLEMATIS (Virgin's Bower) |
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Love of Brother, Sister, Son & Daughter |
CLEOME (Spider Flower) |
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Elope With Me, Not So Bad As I Seem |
CLIANTHUS |
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Self-seeking, worldliness |
CLOTBUR |
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Rudeness |
CLOVER (General) |
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Good Luck, Good Fortune, Be Mine, Faith, Hope, Love |
CLOVER (Four-Leafed) |
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Four Leaves represent Faith, Hope, Luck , Love |
CLOVER (Four-Leafed) |
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When Given to Another: Luck Be With You, Be Mine |
CLOVER (Four-Leafed) |
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When Given to a Lover: You Belong to Each Other, |
CLOVER (Four-Leafed) |
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A Classic Love Symbol |
CLOVER (Red) |
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Industry |
CLOVER (White) |
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Think of Me, I Promise |
CLOVES & CLOVE TREE |
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Dignity |
COBAEA (Catherdral Bells Vine) |
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Exciting News,sometimes Gossip, Knots or Bonds of Love |
COCKOO Flower (Cardamine) |
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Ardor, Parental Ardor; Paternal Error |
COLCHICUM (Meadow Saffron) |
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My Best Days Fled |
COLTSFOOT (Sweet Scented) |
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Justice, Justice Shall Be Done |
COLUMBINE (General) |
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Strength, Wisdom, Salvation, sometimes Folly |
COLUMBINE (PURPLE) |
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Resolved to Win |
COLUMBINE (RED) |
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Anxious Resolve |
COMPASS FLOWER(Silphium) |
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Faith |
CONEFLOWER (Purple) (Echinacea) |
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Strength and Health |
CONEFLOWER (Yellow or Golden) |
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Justice, Impartiality and Strength |
CONVOLVULUS (Bindweed) |
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Uncertainty, I want Your Support, Bonds; Dead Hope |
CONVOLVULUS (General) |
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Bonds, Uncertainty |
CONVOLVULUS( major) |
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Bonds of affection even with extinguished hopes |
CONVOLVULUS (minor/blue) |
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Night, Repose, Bonds |
CONVOLVULUS( pink) |
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Worth sustained by judicious and tender affection |
CONVOLVUS(Morning Glory) |
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Bonds of Affection, Affection |
COCKCOO PLANT (Cardamine) |
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Ardor |
CORCHORUS |
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Return Quickly, Impatience of Happiness |
CORDYLINE & BLOSSOM |
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Majesty, Honor, Purity of Heart |
COREOPSIS |
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Always Cheerful, Love at First Sight, A Love Flower |
CORIANDER |
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Hidden Worth, sometimes Lust |
CORN ( or Maize) |
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Riches |
CORN-(Blossom, Tassle, or Silks) |
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Riches, I Wish Riches For You, I Am Rich |
CORN-COCKLE |
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Peerless and proud |
CORNEL |
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Success crowned you |
CORNEL TREE |
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Duration |
CORNFLOWER |
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Delicacy, Refinement, Single Blessedness |
CORNFLOWER |
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Delicacy, Refinement, Celibacy, Hope in Love, Devotion |
CORNUS (Dogwood Species) |
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Charm, Finesse, Durability, I Admire Your Personality |
CORONILLA (Crown Vetch) |
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Success to You |
COSMOS |
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Innocent Beauty, Modesty,Universal Love Around the World |
COWSLIP General) |
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Rusticity, Winning Grace, Healing, Youth, Pensiveness |
COWSLIP (General) |
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Comeliness, Winning Grace, You Are My Divinity |
COWSLIP (American) |
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Divine Beauty, A Beauty Divine, Grace, Beauty |
COXCOMB |
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Foppery, Unfading Love |
COXCOMB |
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Foppery, Affectation |
CRABAPPLE-BLOSSOM |
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Overcomes Irritability |
CRATAEGUS (Service Berry) |
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Harmony |
CRANBERRY |
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Cure for Heartache |
CREEPING CEREUS |
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Modest Genius; sometimes horror |
CREPE MYRTLE |
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Eloquence |
CRESS |
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Power, Stability, Always Reliable |
CRINUM(Large Flowering) |
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Delicate Beauty, Lovely, Proud of Spirit, Majesty |
CRINUM(Small & Fine Flowering) |
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Refined & Delicate Beauty,Tenderness;Weakness |
CROCUS(General) |
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Cheerfulness, Joy, Gladness, Abuse not |
CROCUS (Saffron) |
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Mirth, Gladness, Gaiety |
CROCUS (Autumn) |
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Thankful Good Cheer as Our Finest Days are Passing |
CROCUS (Spring) |
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Youthful Gladness and Joy |
CROWFOOT (Marsh) |
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Ingratitude |
CROWFOOT (Meadow) |
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Perfidy |
CROWN IMPERIAL (Fritillaria) |
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Majesty, Power, Pride of Birth, Arrogance |
CURRANT |
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Thankfulness, Thy frown will destroy me |
CUSCUTA(Dodder) |
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Meanness |
CYCLAMEN |
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Resignation and Good-Bye |
CYCLAMEN |
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Diffidence, I am Shy, Timidity, Lacking Self-Confidence |
CYPRESS (Tree) |
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A sad tree representing mourning, death |
CYPRESS (Boughs or Greenery) |
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Displayed as a talisman during death,despair,mourning |
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DAFFODIL (General & Great Yellow) |
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Regard, Respect, Chivalry, Unrequited Love |
DAFFODIL (General) |
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Sunshine, The Sun Shines When I am With You |
DAFFODIL (General or Single) |
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You Are The Only One, Unrequited Love |
DAFFODIL (General) |
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Rebirth, Eternal Life, New Beginnings, Hope |
DAFFODIL (Several or Bunch) |
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Joy, Happiness, Celebration |
DAFFODIL (Single/Bent) |
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Misfortune |
DAFFODIL(Wild Narcissus) |
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Regard, Respect, but can mean deceit, self-centered |
DAFFODIL (Yellow Giants) |
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Chivalry, can also mean vanity if mixed with wild narcissus |
DAHLIA |
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Dignity, Elegance, Good Taste, Forever, Forever Thine |
DAHLIA |
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Refinement, Novelty, sometimes instability |
DAISY (General) |
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Loyal Love, I'll Never Tell, Love Conquers All, Beauty, Faith |
DAISY( General) |
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Simplicity, Innocence, Purity, New Born, Cheer |
DAISY (Coloured) |
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Beauty |
DAISY (Double) |
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Affection, Participation |
DAISY (Garden) |
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I Share Your Sentiment |
DAISY (Gloriosa/Rudbeckia) |
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Justice, Impartiality |
DAISY (Red) |
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Beauty Unknown to Possessor |
DAISY (Margueritte) |
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Variety, Oracle of the Meadows |
DAISY (Michaelmas) |
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Afterthoughts, Memories, Farewell, Healthy Emotions |
DAISY (Ox-Eye) |
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Patience, Attracts Wealth |
DAISY (Wild, White or Single) |
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Innocence, I Will Think of It/You, Doest Thou Love Me? |
DAMES ROCKET(Hesperis) |
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Evening, Evening Star, Soire'e Star |
DANDELION |
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Wishes Come True, Faithful and Happy |
DANDELION |
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Love's Oracle, Faithfulness, Happiness |
DANDELION |
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Oracle, You are Like Love's Oracle, Rustic Oracle |
DAPHNE CNEORUM(Rose Daphne) |
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I Desire to Please |
DAPHNE ODORA(Winter Daphne) |
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I Would Not Have You Otherwise |
DAPHNE (General) |
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Fame, glory |
DAPHNE |
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Painting the Lily |
DARNEL (Ryegrass) |
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Vice |
DATE PLUM (Persimmon) |
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Resistance, Bury Me Amongst Nature's Beauty |
DATURA (Angel's trumpets) |
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Fame, Kind thoughts of those departed |
DAY LILY (General or Yellow) |
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Wealth and Pride, Success, also Coquetry |
DAY LILY (Hemerocallis) |
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Chinese Emblem of the Mother |
DEAD LEAVES |
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Sadness |
DEADLY NIGHTSHADE |
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Falsehood |
DELPHINIUM |
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Heavenly, Big-Hearted, Fun, Lightness, Levity, Airy |
DEW-PLANT (Sundew & Ice Plant) |
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Serenade |
DIANTHUS (See Pink) |
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Classic Symbol of Love and Affection |
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) |
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Stately, Youth, Insincerity |
DILL |
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Lust |
DIOSMA |
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Your Simple Elegance Charms Me |
DIOSMA |
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Your simple elegance charms me |
DITTANY OF CRETE (White or Origanum) |
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Passion, Fire or Birth |
DOCK |
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Patience |
DODDER (Dodder of Thyme)(Epithymum) |
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Baseness, Meaness |
DOG ROSE |
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Pleasure and Pain |
DOGBANE |
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Falsehood, Deception |
DOGWOOD(General & Tree) |
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Charm, Finesse, Durability |
DOGWOOD (Flowering) |
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I Admire Your Personality and Social Abilities |
DRACAENA |
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Inner Power |
DRACAENA (Sanderiana) |
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Sacred "bamboo" symbolic of Luck, Prosperity, Fortune |
DRAGON ROOT(Green)(Arum dracontium) |
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Ardor |
DRAGON PLANT(Arum dranunculus) |
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Dread |
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ECHINACEA (Purple Coneflower) |
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Strength and Health |
EDELWEISS(Alpine Cudweed) |
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Daring, Courage, Noble Courage & Purity |
EGLANTINE (Sweet Briar Rose) |
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Genius, Talent, Poetry, I Wound to Heal |
ELDER (General & Tree or Shrub) |
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Compassion, Zealousness; End in the Beginning, Beginning in the End, Fairy Tree, Witches Abode |
ELDERBERRY (Shrub) |
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Kindness, Zeal |
ELDERBERRIES |
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Kindness, but also Sorrow and Remorse |
ELDER FLOWER |
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Zeal, Kind Thoughts |
ELM (American) |
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Patriotism |
ELM (Tree) |
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Dignity, Grace, Mother, Earth Goddess |
ELM (General & Foliage or Flowers) |
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Protection, Warn of Others, Purification of tainted areas |
ENCHANTER'S NIGHTSHADE (Circaea) |
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Witchcraft, Sorcery |
ENDIVE |
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Frugality |
EPIGAEA (Mayflower,Trailing Arbutus) |
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Budding |
EREMURUS |
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Endurance |
ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy) |
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Wealth & Success, Do not refuse me |
EUCALYPTUS |
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Protection |
EUPATORIUM (Hardy Ageratum) |
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Delay, I (It) Will Be Delayed |
EUPHORBIA |
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Persistence |
EVERLASTING |
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Never Ceasing Memory, Perpetual Remembrance |
EYEBRIGHT (Euphrasia) |
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Cheer Up |
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FENNEL |
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Worthy of Praise, Strength, Flattery, Praise |
FERN (General) |
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Sincerity, Confidence, Shelter, Facsination, Magic |
FERN (Maidenhair) |
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Secret Bond of Love, Discretion |
FERN (Royal) |
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Reverie |
FEVERFEW(Tanacitum, Tansy) |
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Protection, Good Health |
FIELD RUSH |
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Docility |
FIG (Tree) |
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Fertility, Strength, Energy , Health, Joviality |
FIG (Fruit or Foliage) |
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Argument, I Keep My Secret, Antidote to Poison |
FIG MARIGOLD (Mesembryanthemum) |
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Cold hearted, Rejected, Idleness |
FILBERT |
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Reconciliation |
FIR (Tree) |
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Time, Height, Cleverness, Adaptability, Ability to Change |
FIR (Tree) |
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Spirit of the Forest, That Which Goes Forward, Elevation |
FIR (Foliage) |
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Adaptability, Elevation, Will, Desire, All-Seeing |
FLAX (European/Linum Species) |
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Domestic Symbol, Industry, Fate, I Feel Your Kindness |
FLAX (New Zealand/Phormium) |
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Tenacity, Holding Fast, Basket, Wickerwork |
FLEUR-DE-LIS (European Water Iris) |
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Message, Emblem of France |
FLOWERING ALMOND |
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Hope |
FLOWERING REED |
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Confide in Heaven |
FLOWER-OF-AN-HOUR |
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Delicate beauty |
FLOWERS (Fresh, Kept Indoors) |
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Improves & Increases Positive Feng Chi Energy Flow, Calming, promotes Relaxation |
FLYTRAP (Venus Flytrap) |
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Deception, Caught at Last, Duplicity |
FORGET ME NOT (Myosotis) |
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True Love, Memories, Hope, Remembrance |
FORGET-ME-NOT |
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Constancy, Best Love, Forget-Me-Not |
FORSYTHIA (Asian cultures) |
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Symbol of Luck, Propserity, Good Fortune, Love |
FORSYTHIA |
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Anticipation |
FOUR-LEAFED CLOVER |
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Be mine; Good Luck: Faith, Hope, Luck, Love (see Clover) |
FOUR-O'CLOCK |
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The Chameleon,Timidity, Evening Beauty, Sweet Dreams |
FOUR POISONS (The Ancient Ones) |
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Aconite,Helleborous, Hemlock, Nightshade |
FOXGLOVE |
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Stateliness,Young Manliness,Youth,sometimes insincerity |
FOXTAIL GRASS |
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Sporting |
FRAXINELLA( Gas plant) |
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Fire |
FREESIA |
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Innocence, Trust, Thoughtfulness |
FRITILLARIA |
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Majesty, Power, Pride of Birth, Arrogance |
FUCHSIA (General) |
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Confiding love, Good Taste |
FUCHSIA (Scarlet) |
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Will You Confide in Love, Delicate Charms, Taste |
FULLER'S TEASEL |
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Misanthropy |
FUMITORY |
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Spleen, Gall |
FURZE (Gorse) |
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Love for All Occasions, Enduring Affection |
FURZE (Gorse)(Thorny Branches Only) |
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Anger |
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GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) |
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Aristocratic, Vivid, Vibrant |
GARDEN DAISY |
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(I) Share your Sentiments |
GARDENIA |
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You're Lovely, Secret love, Purity, Refinement |
GARDENIA |
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Ecstasy, Joy, Sweet Love, Good Luck |
GARLANDS (Roses; Bay or Myrtle) |
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Reward of Virtue; Victory, Conquest or Success |
GARLIC |
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Courage, Strength, Get well, Ward Off Evil & Illness |
GARLIC CHIVES |
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Protection, Strength and Courage |
GENETIAN (Fringed) |
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Intrinsic Worth, I Look to Heaven, Autumn |
GENTIAN (General & Fringed) |
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Loveliness |
GENTIAN (Closed) |
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Sweet Be Thy Dreams |
GERANIUM (Pelargoniums)(General) |
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True Friend, Comfort, Gentility, Peaceful Mind |
GERANIUM(General/Dark-Side) |
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Childishness, Stupidity, Folly |
GERANIUM (Apple) |
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Present Preference |
GERANIUM(Darker or Clouded Shades) |
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Melancholy |
GERANIUM (Fish) |
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Disappointed Expectation |
GERANIUM (Horseshoe) |
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Stupidity |
GERANIUM (Ivy) |
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Favour,Bridal Favour,Your Hand for Next Dance |
GERANIUM (Lemon) |
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Unexpected Meeting |
GERANIUM (Nutmeg) |
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I Expect a Meeting, Expected Meeting |
GERANIUM (Oak-Leafed) |
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True Friendship, Lady, Deign to Smile |
GERANIUM (Penciled) |
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Ingenuity |
GERANIUM( Peppermint) |
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Invigoration, Inspiration, Healing |
GERANIUM (Rose or Pink) |
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Preference |
GERANIUM (Scarlet) |
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Comforting, Consolation, Melancholy |
GERANIUM (Silver-Leafed) |
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Recall |
GERANIUM (Wild) |
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Steadfast Piety |
GERBERA |
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Innocence, Purity |
GILLYFLOWER (Stock) |
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Bonds of Affection, Enduring/lasting beauty, She is fair, |
GIILYFLOWER (Wall Flower) |
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Fidelity in Adversity, Promptness |
GINGER |
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Strength, Safety, Warmth, Comfort, Pleasant |
GLADIOLI |
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Generosity, I'm Sincere, Flower of the Gladiators |
GLADIOLI |
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Love at First Sight |
GLADIOLI |
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Strength of Character, Ready-armed, Splendid Beauty |
GLADIOLI |
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Remembrance, Admiration, Give Me A Break |
GLOBE AMARANTH |
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Unfading Eternal Love, Immortality |
GLORIOSA DAISY (Rudbeckia) |
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Justice, Impartiality, Love Conquers All |
GLOXINIA |
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Love at first sight, A Proud Spirit |
GOAT'S RUE |
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Reason |
GODETIA (Satin Flower) |
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Fascination; Sincerity; Love Flower |
GOLDENROD |
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Encouragement, Precaution, Be Cautious, Protection |
GOOSEBERRY |
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Anticipation |
GOOSEFOOT |
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Goodness, sometimes Insult |
GORSE |
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Endearing Affection, Love in All Seasons |
GOURD(Vine, Flowers & Fruit) |
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Support, Prosperity |
GRAPE (Vines) |
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Intoxication, Bonds |
GRAPE (Wild) |
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Charity, Mirth, Joy, Gaiety |
GRASS |
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Submission, Utility |
GRASS (Lemon or Citronella) |
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Homosexual or Man's Love, Energising, Fresh Start |
GUELDER ROSE(Snowball) |
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Winter |
GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath) |
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Everlasting Love, Innocence, Pure of Heart |
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HAREBELL(Campanula) |
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Humility, Grief, Submission |
HARLEQUIN |
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Laugh at trouble |
HAWKWEED |
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Quick-sighted |
HAWTHORN (Tree) |
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Hope, Love & Marriage, Banishes Strife, Protection |
HAWTHORN (Tree) |
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Fairy Tree, Meant to Overcome Harshness |
HAWTHORN (Foliage, Flowers, Wood) |
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All parts used in Witchcraft, Caution, Hostility |
HAZEL (Tree) |
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Reconciliation, Divination, Marriage protection, Poetic Inspiration, Meditation, Knowlege, Wisdom |
HAZEL (Tree) |
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Ancient Sacred Food Tree of Knowledge and Inspiration |
HAZEL NUT |
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Attraction, Loss of Inhibition, Strengthens Will Power |
HAZEL NUT |
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Mystical Powers, Divination, Foresight |
HEART'S EASE(Purple Johnny-Jump-Up) |
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You Occupy My Thoughts |
HEARTSEASE |
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Modesty, Pleasant thoughts, Think of me, |
HEATRSEASE |
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You Occupy My Thoughts, I Am Always Thinking Of You |
HEATH |
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Solitude |
HEATHER (General) |
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Cleansing, Good Luck, Admiration |
HEATHER (Lavender) |
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Admiration, Solitude, Beauty, Listen to your bodies message |
HEATHER (White) |
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Protection, Wishes Will Come True, Tranquility |
HELENIUM (Sneezeweed) |
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Tears |
HELIOTROPE (General) |
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Herb of Love,Devotion, Healing, Eternal Love, Faithfulness |
HELIOTROPE (Cherry Pie) |
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Godly Devotion,Eagerness, Forgiveness, Acceptance |
HELIOTROPE (Turnsol) |
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Intoxicated with Joy, Intoxication Of Love |
HELLEBORE(Winter/Christmas Rose) |
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Tranquility,Protection against Calumny,Scandal or Anxiety, A Beautiful Year Ahead, Wit |
HELLEBORE(Winter/Christmas Rose) |
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Relieve My Anxiety, Tranquilize Me |
HEMEROCALLIS (Day Lily) |
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Wealth, Success, Pride, Emblem of Mother, Coquetry |
HEMLOCK (Herb and Evergreen) |
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You will cause my death, One of the Four Poisons |
HEMP |
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Fate, Blessings of Fate |
HENBANE (Hyoscyamus) |
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For Males to Attract Love from Females, Love Spells |
HENS-AND-CHICKENS |
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Welcome Home (No Matter What) |
HEPATICA (Anemone nobilis) |
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Confidence, Trust |
HIBISCUS(Flower) |
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Tropical Love Flower,Consumed by Love, Delicate Beauty |
HIBISCUS(Shrub) |
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Peace, Happiness, Rare Beauty |
HIPPEASTRUM(See Amaryllis) |
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Splendid Beauty, Proud and Lovely |
HOLLOWROOT(Adoxa) |
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Weakness |
HOLLY(Tree or Shrub) |
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Protection, Domestic Happiness, Symbol of Life/Man/Rebirth |
HOLLY(Tree or Shrub) |
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Good Fortune,Holy, Sacred Plant of Saturn,Enchantment |
HOLLY (Any Part) |
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Foresight, Growth and Persistence, Forecast, Defense |
HOLLY (Berries) |
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Christmas Joy, Enchantment |
HOLLYHOCK |
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Fruitfulness, Fecundity, Ambition, Devotion to Love |
HOLLYHOCK (White) |
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Female Ambition |
HONESTY(Lunaria, Money Plant) |
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Honesty, Fascination, Sincerity |
HONEYSUCKLE |
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Bonds of Love, Sweetness of Disposition |
HONEYSUCKLE |
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Devoted Affection, I Love You |
HONEYSUCKLE (Coral) |
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The Bond of Love, Pursue Your Desire, Experience Pleasure |
HONEYSUCKLE (Coral) |
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Fidelity, Generous and Devoted Love or Affection |
HOPS |
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Injustice, Mirth |
HORNBEAM |
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Ornament |
HORSE-CHESTNUT |
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Luxury |
HOSTA |
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Devotion, similar to Lily |
HOUSELEEK |
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Domestic Industry or Economy; Vivacity |
HOUSTONIA |
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Contentment |
HOUSTONIA/BLUET/QUAKER LADIES |
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Content |
HOYA/WAX PLANT |
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Sculptured loveliness, constancy, pure loveliness |
HUCKLEBERRY |
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Faith, Simple Pleasures |
HYACINTH(General) |
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Constancy, Pure Loveliness, Sport, Games, Play, Joy |
HYACINTH (General) |
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Flower of Apollo,Gay Flower, sometimes Rashness |
HYACINTH (Expanded) |
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Benevolence, Joyful Love |
HYACINTH (Blue) |
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Constancy, Consistency, Given to Departing Friends |
HYACINTH (Purple) |
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Consistency, Loveliness, I'm sorry, Please forgive me, sorrow |
HYACINTH (Apricot, Peach,Pink, Red) |
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Playful Joy, Play |
HYACINTH (White) |
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Modest or Unobtrusive Loveliness, Purity, Simplicity |
HYACINTH (White) |
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Unobtrusive Loveliness, I'll pray for you |
HYACINTH (Yellow) |
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Constancy, sometimes Jealousy |
HYDRANGEA (Shrub) |
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Devotion to a Noble Cause or Love, Unveiling |
HYDRANGEA (Foliage & Flowers) |
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Thank You for Understanding, sometimes Heartlessness |
HYSSOP |
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Cleanliness,Purification, Holy Herb wards off evil or evil spirits |
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IBERIS (Candytuft) |
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Sweetness, Stoic Beauty, Indifference, Wedding Flower |
ICE-PLANT |
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Old Beau, Rejected, Your looks freeze me, Idleness |
ICELAND MOSS(Cetraria) |
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Health |
INDIAN CRESS( Nasturtium) |
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Resignation, Victory |
IPOMEA (Morning Glory) |
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I Attach Myself to You |
IRIS(General) |
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Faith, Wisdom, Promise in Love, Hope, Valor |
IRIS(General) |
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A Rainbow, Greek Goddess Iris the Messenger of Love |
IRIS (General) |
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Message from Heavan, My Compliments, Eloquence, |
IRIS(General) |
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Messenger of Love, Symbol of Communication |
IRIS(General) |
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Valued Friendship, Passion |
IRIS (Dutch) |
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Message, My Compliments, Eloquence |
IRIS (German) |
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Flame |
IRIS (SweetFlag) |
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Fitness |
IRIS (Blue) |
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Faith, Hope, Wisdom, Health |
IRIS (Purple) |
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Wisdom, Compliments |
IRIS (White) |
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Purity |
IRIS(European Wild Water Iris) |
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Fleur-De-Lis, Emblem of France, Message |
IRIS (Yellow) |
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Passion |
IVY(General) |
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Wedded Love, Fidelity, Friendship, Affection, Dependence |
IVY(General) |
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Bonds of Fidelity, Friendship, Marriage, Wedded love, Links to Others |
IVY (Leaf) |
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Friendship |
IVY (Sprig of White Tendrils) |
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Anxious to Please, Affection |
IVY (Vine) |
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Matrimony, Marriage |
IXIA |
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Happiness |
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JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT(Arisaema) |
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Continued Happiness, Love-Springs-Eternal |
JACOB'S-LADDER |
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Grace and Elegance, Wealth, Please Come Down |
JADE PLANT/TREE(Crassula ovata) |
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Symbol of Good Fortune, Wealth, Health and Happiness |
JADE PLANT(ground-planted (Asian) |
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Very Best Lucky Symbol, Lucky Guardian |
JAPONICA (Flowering Quince) |
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Sincerity, Symbol of Love, Luck, Prosperity, Good Fortune |
JASMINE (General) |
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Grace, Elegance,Wealth, Amiability, I am so Happy |
JASMINE (Cape) |
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I am too happy |
JASMINE (Caroline) |
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Separation |
JASMINE (Indian) |
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Attraction, I Attach Myself to You, Attachment |
JASMINE (Spanish) |
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Sensuality |
JASMINE (White) |
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Amiability, Sensuality, Attachment |
JASMINE (Yellow) |
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Grace, Elegance, Modesty |
JERUSALEM OAK |
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Your Love is Reciprocated |
JONQUIL |
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Love Me, Affection Returned, Desire, Sympathy |
JONQUIL |
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Can you return my love?, I desire a return of your affection |
JUDUS-TREE (Cercus or Redbud) |
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Betrayal, Unbelief, Beauty and strength in the face of |
JUNIPER |
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Succour, Protection, Perfect Loveliness, Aid |
JUSTICIA |
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Perfection of female loveliness |
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KENNEDIA |
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Intellectual Beauty |
KALMIA (Mountain Laurel) |
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Treachery |
KANGAROO PAW |
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Unequal, oblique |
KINGCUP (Trollis) |
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Riches, I wish I were rich |
KINGSPEAR(Aspodelus/Onionweed) |
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Regret |
KOELREUTERIA(Golden Rain Tree) |
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I Claim Your Esteem, can mean Dissention |
KUMQUAT(Branches in Fruit)(Asia) |
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Symbol of Good Fortune, Gold, Wealth, Health, Happiness |
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LABURNUM (Golden Chain Tree) |
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Forsaken, Pensive Beauty |
LABURNUM (Cytisus/Medik) |
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Blackness |
LADY'S SLIPPER (Orchid) |
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Win and Wear Me, Capricious Beauty |
LADY'S SMOCK (CuckooFlower) |
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Ardor |
LADY'S THIMBLE (Harebell, Bellflower) |
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Grief, submission |
LADY'S-TRESSES(Spiranthes) |
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Bewitching grace |
LAGERSTROMIA (Crepe Mrtyle) |
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Eloquence |
LAMB'S-EARS |
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Support |
LANTANA |
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Rigor, I am Unyielding, Severity |
LAPAGERIA |
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There is no unalloyed good |
LARCH |
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Audacity, Boldness, can also mean fickleness |
LARCH (Tree) |
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Protection, Clear Vision,Wards off Evil |
LARKSPUR (General) |
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Levity, An Open Heart, Lightness, Ardent Attachment |
LARKSPUR (Pink) |
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Light Hearted, Changeable, Fickleness |
LARKSPUR (Purple) |
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Big Hearted, First Love,Haughtiness, Ambition |
LAUREL (Mountain Rowan) |
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Ambition,Healing,Empowerment, Divination, Tree of Life |
LAUREL (General) |
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Victory (that overcomes perfidy or treachery) |
LAUREL (General) |
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Glory, Ambition, Victory, Success |
LAUREL (Bay Tree)(Sweet Bay) |
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Famous & Noteable, Triumph of Humanity |
LAUREL(Ground) |
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Perseverance, Token |
LAUREL (General) |
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Glory, Ambition, Victory |
LAURESTINE |
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Devoted to you, I die if neglected |
LAURISTINUS |
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Cheerful in Adversity, Delicate Attentions |
LAVATERA |
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Sweet Disposition |
LAVENDER (General) |
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Luck, Loyalty, Love, Devotion, Acknowledgment |
LAVENDER |
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Calming, Healing: overcomes distrust, failure, sadness |
LEATHERLEAF FERN |
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Fascination, Fidelity, I promise to be true, discretion |
LEAVES (dead) |
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Saddness |
LEMONS & LIMES |
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Zest,Divine Healing,Removes Sadness,Brings Affection |
LEMON BALM |
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Pleasantries, Healing and Relief, Sympathy |
LEMON BALM |
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Brings love, Discretion, Divination, Happiness |
LEMON BLOSSOM |
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Everlasting & Faithful Love, Fidelity, I Promise to be True |
LEMON LEAVES |
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Fidelity in Love; I Promise to be True, Brings Love |
LEMON GRASS(Cymbopogan citratus) |
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Energising, Fresh Start, Man's Love |
LEMON TREES |
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Zeal, Fidelity, Healing, Love Trees |
LEMON VERBENA |
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Attracts Love and Fidelity, Attracts Opposite Sex |
LENTEN ROSE (Helleborus) |
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A Beautiful Year Ahead, Wit Relieve My Anxiety |
LETTUCE |
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Cold-hearted or saddness. Do You Still Love Me? |
LICHEN |
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Confidence, dejection, refusal, solitude |
LILAC (Purple) |
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Fastidiousness, First Love, First Emotions of Love |
LILAC (White) |
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Youthful Innocence, Solitude |
LILAC(General) |
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Earliest First Love, Fraternal Love, Memory, Humility |
LILAC (General) |
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Beauty, Pride, Confidence, You Shall Be Happy Yet |
LILAC (Purple) |
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First Emotions of Love |
LILAC (White) |
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Beauty, Pride, Confidence, First Emotions of love |
LILY (General) |
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Purity, Majesty, Wealth, Chinese Emblem for Mother |
LILY (General) |
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Honor, Purity of Heart, Innocence, Pride |
LILY (Belladonna) |
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Pure Loveliness, I Dream of You, You Are My Dream |
LILY (Calla) |
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Beauty and Loveliness, Maiden Modesty |
LILY (Canna) |
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Glorious, Magnificent Beauty |
LILY (Daylily) |
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Wealth,Pride; Coquetry; Chinese Emblem for Mother |
LILY (Eucharis) |
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Beauty, Maidenly Charms |
LILY (Orange) |
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I Burn for You, Flame, Fascination, can symbolize hatred or dislike |
LILY(Scarlet) |
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High Souled Aspirations, A Lofty Spirit |
LILY (Tiger) |
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Wealth and Pride, Success, also Coquetry |
LILY (Tiger) |
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Majesty and Honour, Purity of Heart |
LILY (Yellow) |
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Magnificent Beauty, Youthful Innocence, Golden Prosperty |
LILY (Yellow) |
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I'm Walking on Air, Gratitude, Gaiety, also falsehood |
LILY (Water) |
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Beauty, Purity of Heart |
LILY (White) |
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Purity, Majesty, Modesty, Virginity and Sweetness |
LILY (White) |
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Heavenly to be with You, You are both Sweet and Pure |
LILY (White) |
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Loveliness,Purity of Spirit,Sacred Flower of Virgin Mary |
LILY(White) |
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Flower of Juno, Roman Queen Goddess |
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY |
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Return of Happiness, Humility, Sweetness, Chastity |
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY |
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Happy Tears of the Virgin Mary, Perfect Purity of Heart |
LILY-Of-THE-VALLEY |
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Love's Good Fortune, You've Made My Life Complete |
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Ireland) |
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Fairy Ladders, The Ladder to Heaven |
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY(Plants) |
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Protects a Garden Against Evil/Evil Spirits |
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Shrub (Pieris) |
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Happy Thoughts, Happiness Through the Ages |
LIME (Tree and Flowers) |
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Conjugal Love, Wedded Love,Matrimony, Fornication |
LINDEN( All Parts & Tree) |
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Conjugal love, Matrimony |
LISIANTHUS |
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Kind Thoughts, Outgoing |
LIVING PLANTS |
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Growth, Everlasting |
LIVE-OAK |
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Liberty, Manliness |
LIVERWORT |
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Constancy, Permanence, Confidence |
LOBELIA (Spiking) |
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Distiguished |
LOBELIA (low-growing) |
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Malevolence |
LOBELIA(Cardinal) |
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Distinction |
LOCUST |
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Affection Beyond the Grave, Platonic Love |
LONDON-PRIDE (Saxifraga) |
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Frivolity |
LOTUS |
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Purity, Chastity, Elegance,Holy Spiritual Flower |
LOTUS |
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Recantation |
LOTUS (Plants) |
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Estranged Love |
LOQUAT(Japanese Medlar Plum) |
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Pure and Ardent Love, Personal Warmth and Comfort. |
LOVE -IN-A-MIST |
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You Puzzle Me, Perplexity |
LOVE-LIES-BLEEDING(Amaranthus) |
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Desertion, Hopeless but not Heartless |
LUCERNE |
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Life, Breath of Life |
LUNGWORT |
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Thou Art My Life |
LUPINE(General) |
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Imagination, Admiration |
LUPINE (Field) |
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Always Happy ;Voraciousness |
LUPINE (Rose) |
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Fanciful |
LUPINE (White) |
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Always HappyVoraciousness |
LYCHNIS(Campion)(Maltese Cross) |
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Religious Enthusiasm, Sweetness, Beauty, Wit |
LYCHNIS(Scarlet) |
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Sunbeaming Eyes |
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MADDER |
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Calumny, or can as a protectant against slander |
MADDER (Yellow) |
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Tranquility |
MAGNOLIA (General) |
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Nobility, Perseverance, Noble Spirit, Dignity |
MAGNOLIA (General) |
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Benevolence, High-souled, Love of Nature |
MAGNOLIA (General) |
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Magnificent and Splendid Beauty, Magnificence |
MAGNOLIA (Chinese) |
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Love of Nature |
MAGNOLIA (Deciduous) |
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Bonds of Love, Secret Bond of love |
MAGNOLIA (Grandiflora) |
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Proud and Peerless |
MAGNOLIA (Swamp) |
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Perseverance |
MAIDENHAIR FERN |
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Discretion |
MAIZE (Corn) |
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Riches |
MALLOW (General) |
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Delicate Beauty, Sweetness, Consumed by Love |
MALLOW (Marsh) |
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Beneficient |
MANCHINEEL |
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I Wound to Soothe, Betrayal |
MANDRAKE |
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Overcomes grief, fear, horror; Scarcity |
MANUKA (Lepstspermum, Tea Tree) |
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Healing,Strong Health, Maori Ocean Going Canoe, Waka |
MAPLE |
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Divination, Love, Reserve, Retirement, Draws together |
MAPLE (Tree) |
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Success, Abundance |
MARJORUM |
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Kindness, Courtesy |
MARGUERITTE DAISY |
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Variety, Oracle of the Meadows |
MARIGOLD (General) |
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Health, Sacred Golden Light, Flower of Mary:Mary's Gold |
MARIGOLD (General) |
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Sacred Sea of Gold, Overcomes grief, despair, jealousy |
MARIGOLD (African) |
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Golden Prosperity, Overcomes vulgar minds |
MARIGOLD (Common) |
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Pretty Love, Sacred, Affection, Caress, Overcomes Sorrow |
MARIGOLD (French) |
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Comforts the Heart, Overcomes jealousy |
MARIGOLD(Marsh or Cape) |
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Splendour, Presage |
MARIGOLD(Pot Marigold also) |
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Sacred Flower of India, Winning Grace, Joy |
MARJORAM |
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Joy, Happiness, Blushes |
MARSHMALLOW |
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Beneficence in Consent |
MARVEL OF PERU(Four O'Clock) |
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Timidity |
MATRICARIA (Chamomile) |
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Patience, Attracts Wealth, Energy in Adversity, Healing |
MATRICARIA (Chamomile) |
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Endurance, Protection |
MAY (see Hawthorn) |
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Hope, Protection, Welcome |
MEADOW SAFFRON |
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My Best Days Are Gone, The Best Has Passed |
MEADOWSWEET |
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Uselessness |
MESEMBRYANTHEMUM |
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Idleness, Cold Hearted or Rejected |
MEZEREON (Daphne Mezereum) |
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Desire to Please |
MICHAELMAS DAISY(New England Aster) (Belgian Aster) |
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Variety, Delicacy, Patience, Love Vibrations, Health, Healthy Emotions, Love & Contentment |
MIGNONETTE (Resida) |
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Your qualities Surpass your Charms, Health, Worth |
MILFOIL(Achillea) |
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War |
MILK VETCH |
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Your presence softens my pain |
MILK-VETCH |
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Your presence softens my pain, comfort |
MILKWEED |
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Hope in misery |
MILKWORT (Polygala) |
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Hermitage |
MIMOSA |
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Secret Love, Sensitivity, Exquisite, Fastidious |
MINT |
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Virtue, Protection (from Illness), Warmth of Feeling |
MINT |
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Let Us Be Friends Again, You Are Virtuous |
MIRABILIS(Marvel of Peru, 4 O'Clock, Mirror Bush) |
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The Chameleon,Timidity,Evening Beauty,Sweet Dreams |
MISTLETOE |
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Sacred Plant of India, Magical Plant of the Druids |
MISTLETOE |
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Kiss Me, I Want to be Kissed, You Will Be Happy Yet, I Surmount All Difficulties, Affection |
MOCK ORANGE (Philadelphus) |
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Resourcefulness, Alternatives; sometimes Counterfeit |
MOCK-ORANGE |
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Memories, Overcomes deceit and counterfeit |
MONARDA (Bee Balm) |
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Irresistible; Your Whims are Unbearable |
MONKSHEAD |
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Danger is Near, A Deadly Foe is Near,Beware;Chivalry |
MONKSHOOD |
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Chivalry against danger |
MOONFLOWER(Vining) |
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I Only Dream of Love |
MOONWORT(Honesty/Lunaria) |
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Sincerity,Fascination, Honesty; Forgetfulness |
MORNING-BRIDE Scabiosa) |
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I have lost all |
MORNING GLORY (Vining) |
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Affection, Affectation, Bonds of Love, Bonds, Departure |
MORNING GLORY (Vining) |
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Greet(s) the New Day, Loves You |
MOSCHATEL (Hollowroot/Adoxa) |
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Weakness |
MOSS (General) |
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Maternal Love, Charity |
MOSS (Hair Moss) |
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Secret |
MOSS ROSEBUD (Portulacca) |
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Superior, Confession of love |
MOTHERWORT |
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Secret Love, Concealed Love |
MOUNTAIN ASH |
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Prudence |
MOURNING-BRIDE (Scabiosa) |
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Unfortunate attachments |
MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED |
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Simplicity |
MUGWORT/WORMWOOD(Artemisia) |
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Tranquillity, Happiness, Peace |
MULBERRY (Black)(Tree or Fruit) |
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Devotedness, I Shall Not Survive You, Sadness |
MULBERRY (White)(Tree or Fruit) |
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Wisdom, Prudence |
MULLEIN |
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Good Nature, Take Courage |
MUSHROOM |
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Suspicion, Surprise |
MUSK-PLANT |
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Be Bolder |
MUSTARD |
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I Smart, I Am Hurt |
MYRRH |
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Gladness |
MYRTLE (General) |
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Love, Joy, Fidelity, Hebrew Emblem of Marriage |
MYRTLE (General) |
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Love in Absence, Remembrance |
MYRTLE (Wax) |
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Discipline, Instruction, Duty |
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NANDINA |
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My Love Will Grow Warmer |
NARCISSUS (General & Hybrids) |
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Formality, Stay As Sweet As You Are, Self-Esteem |
NARCISSUS (General Field) |
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Egotism, Self Admiration, You Love Yourself too Well |
NARCISSUS (Double) |
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Female Ambition |
NARCISSUS (Paper White) |
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Sweetness, You Are Sweet |
NARCISSUS (Single White N.Poeticus) |
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Selfishness |
NASTURTIUM |
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Victory (In Battle), Patriotism, Conquest, Resignation |
NASTURTIUM(Especially Pastel Shades) |
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Maternal Love, Charity |
NERIUN (Oleander)(Rose Bay) |
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Distrust, Caution, Beware |
NETTLE |
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Slander, You are Spiteful, Cruelty, Don't Sting Me |
NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS |
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Lovely Transient Beauty; Radiant or Sweet Beauty |
NIGHTSHADE |
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Truth, Silence; also Your Thoughts are Dark |
NOSEGAY (Bouquet) |
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Gallantry |
NUTS |
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Stupidity |
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OAK ( King of Forest Trees) |
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Hospitality, Healing, Health, Strength and Money, Widows symbol, Endurance, Majesty, Wisdom, Doorway of Mysteries, Protection, Potency and Fertility, Luck, Wisdom |
OAK LEAVES |
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Bravery, Strength |
OAT |
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I Love Your Music, You Satisfy Me |
OENOTHERA(Evening/Tree Primrose) |
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Inconstancy |
OLEANDER(Nerium/Rose Bay) |
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Caution, Beware, Distrust |
OLIVES |
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Peace and Prosperity |
OLIVE TREE |
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Peace, Fruitfulness, Security and Money |
OLIVE BRANCH |
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Peace, Happiness in Love |
ONIONWEED(Aspodelus) |
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Regret |
OPHRYS (Bee Orchid) |
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Industry, sometimes Mistake |
OPHRYS (Black Spider Orchid) |
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Dexterity |
ORANGE BLOSSOM |
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Innocence, Eternal Love, Marriage, Fruitfulness |
ORANGE BLOSSOM |
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Bridal Festivities, Purity, Generosity, Eternal Love |
ORANGE BLOSSOM |
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Equals Your Loveliness, Brings Wisdom, Chastity |
ORANGE (Fruits) |
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Symbolic of Golden Pieces, Good Luck, Fortune |
ORANGE TREE |
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Generosity, Love & Fruitful Marriage, Purity, Loveliness |
ORANGE, MOCK (Philadelphus) |
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Resourcefulness, Memories, Alternatives |
ORCHID (General) |
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Love, Rare Beauty,Chinese Symbol for Many Children |
ORCHID (General) |
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Thoughtfulness, You Flattery Me, Refinement |
ORCHID (Asian Cultures) |
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Symbols of Strength, Endurance, Good Energy, Luck |
ORCHID (Bee) |
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Industry sometimes Mistake |
ORCHID (Butterfly) |
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Gaiety |
ORCHID (Cattleya) |
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Mature Charm, Matronly Grace, Beautiful Lady |
ORCHID (Cymbidium) |
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Love and Beauty, Long Life |
ORCHID (Dendrobium) |
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A Belle, Beautiful Lady, Precious Treasure |
ORCHID (Oncidium) |
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A Beautiful Lady or Person, A Belle |
ORCHID (Phalaenopsis) |
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You are a Belle, You Flatter Me |
ORCHID (Slipper/Ladies Slipper) |
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Win and Wear Me, Capricious Beauty |
OREGANO |
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Joy |
OSMANTHUS |
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Protection, Happiness, Good Fortune, Prosperity, |
OSMUNDA (Royal & Cinnamon Fern) |
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I Dream of Thee, Revery |
OXALIS (Shamrock) |
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Joy, Light Heartedness |
OXEYE (Daisy) |
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Patience, Be patient, Attracts Wealth |
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PALM |
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Victory, Strength |
PALM LEAVES |
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Victory & Success |
PANDANUS (Tree & Foliage) |
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Magic, Devotion; Death and Bad Luck |
PANSY |
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Thoughts, Kind or Pleasant Thoughts (You Occupy My Thoughts) |
PANSY |
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Modesty, Think of Me (When I am Departed), Reflection |
PANSY |
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Loyalty, Merriment, Pleasantries |
PAPERWHITE NARCISSUS |
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Aphrodisiac (Intoxicating Scent), National Flower of Wales, Sweetness |
PARSLEY |
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Useful Knowledge,Festivity,Gaiety, Feast,Gratitude,Thanks |
PASQUE FLOWER |
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Unpretentious, You Have No Claims |
PASSION FLOWER |
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Faith, Religious Passion, Belief |
PASSION FLOWER |
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Faith, Holy Love, Religious Fervour and Superstition |
PEA (General, Vine & Fruits) |
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Appoint a Meeting, Lasting Pleasure (Everlasting) |
PEA (Flower) |
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Mental Beauty |
PEACH (Blossom) |
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I am Your Captive, Love, Divination, Longevity, Long Life |
PEACH (Tree) |
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Love and Divination, Long and Prosperous Life |
PEAR |
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Affection |
PEAR (Blossom) |
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Affections, Lasting friendship, More than Just Lovely |
PEAR (Tree) |
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Comfort |
PELARGONIUM |
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Eagerness |
PENNYROYAL |
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Flee away, Abortive, You Had Better Go |
PENSTEMON (Western Bellflower) |
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Spiritual Knowledge, Man & Godhead, Understanding |
PEONY General) |
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Good Health and Prosperity, Compassion |
PEONY (General & Hybrids) |
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Happy Marriage and Happy Life, Aphrodisiac |
PEONY (Common Field) |
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Bashfulness, Shame; sometimes Anger and Indignation |
PEPPER-FLOWER |
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Satirical Thoughts |
PEPPERMINT |
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Cordiality, Warmth of Feeling |
PERIWINKLE (BlueTrailing) |
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Early Friendship, Friendship, Early Recollections |
PERIWINKLE (WhiteTrailing) |
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Harmony, Pleasure of Memory, Sweet Remembrance |
PERIWINKLE(Vinca major & Myrtle) |
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Early Recollections, Pleasures of Memories, Sweet Memories |
PERSICARIA(Polygonums & Knotweeds) |
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Restoration |
PERSIMMON (Fruits & Shrub) |
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Bury Me Amid Nature’s Beauties |
PERSIMMON (Blossom) |
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I Shall Surprise You By and By; Bury Me Amongst Natural Beauty |
PETUNIA(General) |
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Your Presence Soothes Me (against resentment and anger) |
PETUNIA(General & Hybrids) |
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You Soothe Me, Never Despair |
PETUNIA(Wild Field) |
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Resentment and Anger, But I Never Despair |
PHEASANT'S EYE(Adonis) |
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Sorrowful Memories, I Cannot Forget You |
PHILADELPHUS (Mock Orange) |
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Memories, Resourcefulness |
PHLOX (General) |
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Agreement(s), Our Souls & Hearts are United, Unanimity |
PHLOX (Star-Shaped) |
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Affability, Trying to Please You, Sweet Dreams |
PIMPERNEL(Red) (Anagallis) |
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Appointment, Assignation, Change |
PIN CUSHION (Scabious) |
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Admiration;Widowhood; Comfort in Loss of Someone |
PINE(Boughs, Foliage, Cones) |
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Hope,Philosophy, Purification,Friendship,sometimes Pity |
PINE (Cone) |
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Conviviality, (Renewal of) Life |
PINE (Tree) |
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Purification of Health, Fortune, Fertility, Prosperity, Daring, Spiritual Energy, Vigorous Life |
PINEAPPLE |
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Perfection,You are Perfect, Always Lovely, Good Luck |
PINEAPPLE SAGE(Salvia rutilans) |
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Hospitality, Happy Home |
PINK (General) |
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Pure Affection, Classic Love Flower, Boldness |
PINK (Clove/ D. Caryophyllus) |
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True Love, Dignity |
PINK (Dianthus/Indian) |
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You are Aspiring, Always Lovely |
PINK(Dianthus/ Double Indian) |
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Pure Love, Always Lovely, Boldness |
PINK (Dianthus/Double Red) |
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Ardent love, Pure Love |
PINK (Dianthus/ Mountain) |
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Aspiration, You are Aspiring |
PINK (Dianthus/Variegated) |
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Always Lovely and Happy, also Refusal with Greatest Respect |
PINK (Mountain) |
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You Are Aspiring |
PINK (Musk/ D. Moschatus) |
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Childishness |
PINK(Single) |
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Pure love |
PINK(Yellowish/D. Luteus) |
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Unreasonableness, A Difficult Love |
PINK (Dianthus/White) |
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Fascination, Talent , Ingenious, You are Fair |
PLANE TREE (Platanus) |
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Genius |
PLUM (Hydrids & Prune) |
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Promise, Hope, Hope for Tomorrow |
PLUM TREE (General) |
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Longevity, Fidelity |
PLUM (Wild/Sylvestris) |
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Independence |
PLUMBAGO |
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Holy wishes |
PLUM-BLOSSOM |
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Be of good cheer, Keep your promises, fidelity |
POHUTUKAWA |
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Love, joy, marriage and bonds |
POINSETTIA |
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Be of Good Cheer |
POLYANTHUS |
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Purse-proud, Pride of Riches, Confidence, Elegance |
POLYGALA |
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Hermitage |
POMEGRANATE(Shrub) |
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Good Luck,Elegance,some say Foolishness and Foppery |
POMEGRANATE BLOSSOM |
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Mature Elegance, Perfection |
POMEGRANATE (Fruit) |
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Elegance, sometimes Foolishness and Foppery |
POPLAR(General & Tree) |
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Endure and Conquor, Courage, Time |
POPPY (General) |
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Eternal Sleep, Oblivion, Consolation, Rest |
POPPY(General)) |
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Imagination, Extravagance |
POPPY (Black) |
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Rebirth, Rejuvenation, Farewell, Death |
POPPY (Blue) |
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Mystery, Attaining the impossible |
POPPY (Corn) |
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Ephemeral Charms |
POPPY (Red) |
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Wealth, Success, their Pleasures and Consolation |
POPPY (Red) |
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True love, Pleasure, Fantastic Extravagance |
POPPY (Scarlet) |
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Fantastic Extravagance |
POPPY (Variegated) |
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Flirtation, Dreaminess |
POPPY (White) |
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Consolation,Rest,(Eternal)Sleep, Peace, Dormant Affection |
POPPY (White) |
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Eternal Love, Virtue, Purity, Reverence, Innocence, Humility |
POPPY (Yellow ) |
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Wealth, Success |
PORTULACCA (Rose Moss) |
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Superior, Confessions of Love |
POTATO |
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Benevolance |
POTENTILLA (Cinquefoil) |
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Beloved Daughter, Beloved Child |
PRICKLY PEAR (Cactus) |
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Satire, I Burn |
PRIDE OF CHINA (Golden Rain Tree) |
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I Claim Your Esteem |
PRIDE OF CHINA (Koelreuteria) |
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Dissention |
PRIMROSE (General) |
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Early Youth ,Young Love, I Can't Live Without You |
PRIMROSE (General) |
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Happiness, Satisfaction, Believe Me, Trust in Me |
PRIMROSE (Bright Colours) |
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Warmth and Merit |
PRIMROSE (Pink Shades) |
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Womanly Love, Womanhood |
PRIMROSE( Red) |
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Unpatronized or Neglected Merit, Early youth, Sadness |
PRIMROSE(White) |
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Womanhood, also Womanly Love |
PRIMROSE (Evening) |
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Happiness, Happy Love, sometimes Inconstancy |
PRIMULA(General) |
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The First, Prime, Early Youth, Early Love |
PRIMULA (White & Soft Pastel Shades) |
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Shy and Timid, Unfading Love, Can't Live Without You |
PRINCES FEATHER (Celosia) |
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Warmth and Caring, I Blush for You, Unfading Love |
PRINCES Feather (Celosia) |
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Friendship, Humour, Silliness |
PRIVET |
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Prohibitive |
PROTEA (King) |
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Diversity and Courage, Daring |
PUSSY WILLOW |
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Motherhood, Recovery (especially from illness) |
PUSSY WILLOW (Asian Cultures) |
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Symbol of Luck, Propserity, Good Fortune, Love |
PYXIE (Flowering Moss) |
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Life is sweet |
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QUAKING GRASS |
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Agitation, My Thoughts Are Uneasy |
QUAMOCLIT ( Cypress Vine) |
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Busybody, curiosity |
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE |
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Haven, My Sanctuary, Fantasy |
QUEEN-OF-THE-MEADOWS |
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Uselessness |
QUINCE (General) |
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Temptation, Represents a Choice, Abundance |
QUINCE-BLOSSOM |
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Temptation, What Should I Choose? |
QUINCE (Japonica or Flowering) |
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Symbol of Love, Sincerity |
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RAGGED-ROBIN (Lychnis) |
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Wit, Sweetness, Beauty, Ardor |
RANUNCULUS |
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Radiant Charm, I am Dazzled by Your Charms |
RANUNCULUS |
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Radiance, You Are Radiant With Charms |
RANUNCULUS GARDEN |
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You Are Rich With Attractions, Attractive |
RASPBERRY |
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Remorse |
RASPBERRY-BLOSSOM |
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Remorse |
RED CATCHFLY (Silene) |
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Youthful Love |
REEDS |
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Music, Symbol of Music, sometimes Imprudence |
RESTHARROW( Ononis) |
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Obstacle |
RHODODENDRON(General) |
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Danger, Dangerous, Beware, I am Dangerous, Caution |
RHODODENDRON (Planted) |
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Sometimes planted for protection to ward off danger |
RHUBARB |
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Advice |
RIBBON(Knotted to Left Side of Bouquet) |
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A Message About the Giver |
RIBBON(Knotted to Right Side of Bouquet) |
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A Message About the Receiver |
ROCK ROSE (Cistus) |
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Popular Favour |
ROCKET |
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Rivalry |
ROCKET,DAMES(Hesperis) |
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Evening, Evening Star, Soire'e Star |
ROSE (General) |
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Love, Classic Love Flower, I Love You, Beauty |
ROSE(Austrian) |
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You Are All That Is Lovely |
ROSE (Bent to Right) |
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Means "I" |
ROSE (Bent th Left) |
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Means "You" |
ROSE(Black) |
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Farewell, Symbol of Death used at Funerals |
ROSE(Blue) |
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Mystery, Attaining the Impossible, Uniqueness |
ROSE (Bouquet of full bloom) |
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Gratitude |
ROSE (Bridal) |
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Happiness, Happy Love |
ROSE(Brown) |
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Fascination, Anticipation |
ROSE (Burgundy) |
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Unconscious Beauty, Beauty Within |
ROSE (Cabbage) |
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Ambassador of Love |
ROSE (Capucine) |
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Splendour |
ROSE(Carolina) |
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Love is Dangerous |
ROSE(Centifolia/Hundred-Leafed) |
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Graces, The Finest |
ROSE (China) |
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Beauty Always New |
ROSE (Christmas/ Helleborous) |
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Relieve my anxiety, tranquilize me |
ROSE (Coral) |
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Desire, Enthusiasm, Passion, Speak Your Desire |
ROSE(Cream) |
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Charming, Thoughtful, Gracious |
ROSE (Damask) |
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Freshness, Persian Ambassador of Love |
ROSE (Damask) |
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Beauty Ever New,Young & Brilliant, Brilliant Complexion |
ROSE (Dark Crimson or Black) |
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Mourning or death |
ROSE (Deep Pink) |
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Thankfulness, Gratitude |
ROSE (Deep Red) |
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Love, Admiration; Embarrassment, Bashful, Shame |
ROSE (Dog) |
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Pleasure & Pain |
ROSE (Eglantier) |
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A Poetic Person |
ROSE(Faded) |
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Alas Fleeting Beauty, Beauty is Fleeting |
ROSE (Full-Bloom) |
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Beauty at it's Finest, Beauty at it's Fullest |
ROSE (Full-Bloom, Two Blooms) |
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Secrecy |
ROSE(One in Full-Bloom) |
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Engagement |
ROSE (Half-Blown) |
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Timid Love |
ROSE(Garland or Crown) |
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Symbol of Merit,Crown of Reward,Loving Merit or Virtue |
ROSE (Green) |
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I am from Mars, The Unusual, We Are Worlds Apart |
ROSE(Guelder) (Viburnum Opulus) |
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Age, Winter |
ROSE (Jacqueminot) |
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I am True (Jacqueminot) |
ROSE (Japan) |
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Beauty is Your Only Attraction, Illusion |
ROSE (Lavender, Purple, Violet) |
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Enchantment, Love at First Sight, Grace, Elegance |
ROSE(Lavender, Purple, Violet) |
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Sweet Thoughts, Majesty, Refinement, Opulence |
ROSE ( Leaf or Leaves) |
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You May Hope |
ROSE (Marechal Niel) |
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Yours, Heart and Soul |
ROSE(Moss) |
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Voluptuous Love |
ROSE (Multiflora) |
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Grace |
ROSE (Musk Cluster) |
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Charming, Capricioous Beauty |
ROSE (Orange) |
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Fascination, Desire, Speak Your Desire, Secret Love |
ROSE (Peach and Soft Pink) |
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Admiration, Immortality, Modesty, Sociability, Friendship |
ROSE (Peach) |
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Appreciation, Gratitude,You Are Tender and Loving |
ROSE (Perpetual) |
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Unfading Love |
ROSE (Porcelana) |
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Admiration |
ROSE (Provence)(Cabbage) |
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Gentillessee, Ambassador of Love, Fineness |
ROSE (Pink) |
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Perfect Happiness, Secret Love, Sweetness, Indecision, Admiration |
ROSE (Pink) |
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Perfect Love, Grace, Beauty, Believe Me, Thank You |
ROSE (Pink, Soft & Light Shades) |
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Desire, Passion, Love of Life,Youth,Energy,Joy, Grace |
ROSE (Soft or Light Pink Shades) |
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I Understand, Sympathy, I Am Sorry (especially when ill) |
ROSE (Soft or Light Pink Shades) |
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Conveys Admiration and Sympathetic Support |
ROSE (Deep Pink) |
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Thankfulness, Appreciation, Gratitude |
ROSE (Pink & White Together) |
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I Love You Still and Always |
ROSE (Red) |
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Love, Desire, Pride, Romance, Passionate Love |
ROSE (Red) |
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Congratulations, Job-Well-Done, Respect, Courage, Unity |
ROSE (Red) |
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True Love & Beauty, I Love (You), Unity, Romantic love, |
ROSE (One Single Red) |
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New Love, I Love you, I Still Love You, Simplicity, Beauty |
ROSE(One Single Full Bloom) |
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I Truly Love You, Engagement |
ROSE(One Full Bloom over Two Buds) |
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Secrecy |
ROSE (Red, Withered) |
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Ended Love, Our Love is Over |
ROSE(Withered) |
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I Would Rather Die |
ROSE(Striped) |
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Warmth of Heart |
ROSE( Sweet Briar/ European) |
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I Wound to Heal |
ROSE (Sweet Briar)(Yellow) |
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Decrease in Love, Let Us Forget It |
ROSE(Sweetheart &Miniatures) |
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Sweetheart, Darling, Dear One, My Honey |
ROSE (Rugosa, Sweet Briar, Eglanteria) |
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Simplicity |
ROSE (Sterling Silver) |
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Love at First Sight |
ROSE (Tea)) |
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I'll Remember Always, I Will Always Remember You |
ROSE (Thornless) |
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Love at First Sight, Early Attachment, Gratitude |
ROSE (Thorn) |
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Danger |
ROSE (Thorny) |
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Pleasure & Pain |
ROSE (Tudor) |
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Unanimity |
ROSE (White-Dried) |
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Death is Preferable to Loss of Virtue |
ROSE (White, Withered) |
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Despair |
ROSE (White) |
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Eternal love, I am Worthy of You, Innocence, Heavenly |
ROSE (White) |
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Purity, Secrecy and Silence, Humility, Reverence |
ROSE (White) |
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Flower of Light |
ROSE (White, Asian Meaning) |
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Ultimate Absence, Death, Death of the Mother |
ROSE(White, Withered) |
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Fleeting Beauty, I Am In Despair |
ROSE(White, USA Meaning) |
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Happiness, Security, Traditional Wedding Flower |
ROSE( White & Coral Together) |
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I Desire You, You Are Heavenly |
ROSE(White & Red Together) |
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Unity, Flower Emblem of England, Truth & Love, True Love, Bonding, Harmony |
ROSE (White & Yellow Together) |
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Harmony |
ROSE( Wild/Single) |
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Charming Simplicity, Simplicity, Poetry |
ROSE (Wreath) |
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Reward of Virtue |
ROSE (Yellow & Red Together) |
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Happiness,Celebration,Joy,Excitement,Gaiety, Congratulations |
ROSE(1 Yellow, 11 Red) |
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Love & Passion |
ROSE (Yellow) |
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Joy,Friendship,Gladness,Caring, Platonic Love, Freedom |
ROSE (Yellow) |
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Delight, Remembrance, Welcome Back, New Beginnings |
ROSE (Yellow) (European) |
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Decrease of Love,Jealousy , Infidelity, Slighted Love |
ROSE(Yellow) |
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Let Us Forget, Love is Waning |
ROSE (Yellow & Orange Together) |
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Passonate Thoughts, Enthusiasm, Desire |
ROSE (York & Lancaster) |
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Conflict |
ROSE(One Flower) |
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Simplicity |
ROSE (Two Flowers) |
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Gratitude |
ROSE(Two Joined Together) |
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Engagement, Coming Marriage |
ROSE(Twelve) |
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Ultimate Symbol of Love, Declaration of Love |
ROSE(Twenty Five) |
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Congratulations |
ROSE (Fifty) |
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Unconditional Love, Pledge of Eternal Love |
ROSEBUD (General) |
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Beauty & Youth, A Heart Innocent of Love |
ROSEBUD (General) |
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You Are Young and Beautiful |
ROSEBUD (Unopened) |
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Unawakened Love |
ROSEBUD (No Leaves or Thorns)) |
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You Have Nothing to Hope or Fear |
ROSEBUD(Leaves but no Thorns) |
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Hope, I Live in Hope, I Fear No Longer |
ROSEBUD (Red) |
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Inclined to Love, Pure and Lovely, Beauty & Youth |
ROSEBUD(Red) |
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An Innocent Heart, A Heart of Innocent Love |
ROSEBUD (White) |
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Virginity, Young Girl |
ROSEBUD (White) |
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Too Young to Love, Girlhood, Heart Innocent of Love |
ROSE(Worn in Clevage) |
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Friendship, Remembrance |
ROSE(Worn in Hair) |
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Caution |
ROSE(Worn Over Heart) |
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Love |
ROSE-LEAF |
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You May Hope, Symbol of Hope |
ROSEBAY(Nerium/Oleander) |
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Caution, Beware, Mistrust |
ROSEBAY(Willow Herb/Epilobium) |
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Production |
ROSEMARY |
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Commitment, Intellect, Fidelity, Healing Balm, Constancy, Stimulates Healthy Thinking and Promotes Well-Being |
ROSEMARY |
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Remembrance, Purity, Rebirth, Remember Me, Devotion |
ROSE-OF-SHARON |
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Consumed by Love, Delicate (Beauty), Beautiful |
ROSE MOSS(Portulacca) |
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Superior, Confessions of Love |
ROUND-LEAFED SUNDEW(Drosera) |
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Surprise |
ROWAN (Mountain Ash Tree) |
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Tree of Life, Ambition, Healing, Empowerment, Strength |
ROWAN (Mountain Ash) |
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Protection, Strength, Aid & Protection against Enchantment |
RUDBECKIA(Gloriosa Daisy) |
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Justice, Impartiality, Love Conquers All |
RUE |
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Disdain,Fertility,Sauvage (Wild Ride),Manners, Contrition |
RUSH/HORSE-TAIL |
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Docility |
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SAFFRON Meadow) |
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Beware of excess pleasures or abuse,Voluptuousness, You are Perfectly Lovely |
SAGE |
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Wisdom, Great Respect, Esteem, Virtue |
SAGE |
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Domestic Virtue, Greatest Wisdom and Respect , Long Life, Gratitude, Eliminates Negative Energy |
SAGE (Pineapple, Salvia rutilans) |
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Hospitality, Happy Home |
SAGE (Russian) (Perovskia atriplicifolia) |
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Knowledge and Wisdom |
SAINFOIN (Holy Clover) |
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You Confuse Me |
SALAL |
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Zest, Divine Healing |
SALVIA (Red) |
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Untiring Energy |
SALVIA (Blue) |
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Wisdom, I Think of You |
SATINFLOWER (Salpiglossus) |
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Fascination |
SATIN-FLOWER(Clarkia/Godetia) |
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Sincerity, Fascination love symbol |
SAXIFRAGE |
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Affection |
SCABIOUS |
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Admiration; sometimes unfortunate love (see Pin Cushion) |
SCABIOUS (SWEET) |
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Comfort in Widowhood; I have Lost All;One that is Dear |
SCARLET LYCHNIS |
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Sunbeaming Eyes |
SCHINUS (California Pepper Tree) |
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Religious Enthusiasm, Sweetness, Beauty, Wit |
SCOTCH THISTLE |
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Retaliation |
SEA-BINDWEED |
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Uncertainty |
SEA LAVENDER(Statice) |
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Sympathy |
SEDUM (Stonecrop) |
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Welcome, Tranquility |
SENSITIVE PLANT (Mimosa) |
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Timidity, Sensitivity, Fine Sensibility, Bashfulness |
SENSITIVE HEDYSARUM (Sweetvetch) |
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Agitation |
SENVY(Mustard Plant) |
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I Smart, Indifference |
SEQUIA |
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Eternal Longevity and Vast Wisdom |
SERVICEBERRY (Wild)(Craetagus) |
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Harmony |
SHAMROCK (Oxalis) |
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Light-Heartedness, Loyalty |
SHEPHERD'S PURSE |
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I Offer You My All |
SILENE |
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Youthful Love |
SILVER FIR |
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What You Seek Shall Be Found |
SILVER WEED |
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Simplicity |
SLOE (Blackthorn) |
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Difficulty, Austerity, Sudden change, Transition |
SMILAX |
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Loveliness & Constancy |
SNAPDRAGON |
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Gracious Lady, Strength |
SNAPDRAGON |
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Power of Will ;can also say: No; Presumption; Deception |
SNOWBALL TREE (Viburnum) |
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Thoughts of Heaven |
SNOWBALL (Viburnum Flowers) |
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Bound, Thoughts of Heaven,Ennui |
SNOWDROP |
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Hope, Consolation, Friendship Support |
SNOWFLAKE |
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Hope |
SOLIDAGO |
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Success |
SORREL (Wild) |
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Joy, Matrimonial Tenderness, Affection, (Ill-timed) wit |
SORREL (Wood) |
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Secret Sweetness (wood) |
SOUTHERNWOOD |
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Bantering, Jest; Pain |
SPARAXIS(Harlequin or Wand Flower) |
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One Tear, The Harlequin, Tears of a Clown |
SPEARMINT |
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Warm Sentiment, Virtue, Protection |
SPEEDWELL (Veronica) |
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Fidelity, Womanly Fidelity, Femamine Fidelity |
SPIDER FLOWER (Cleome) |
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Elope with Me, Not So Bad As I Seem |
SPIDER PLANT (Chlorophytum) |
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Antidote |
SPIDERWORT (Trandescantia) |
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Esteem but not love, Momentary Happiness |
SPINDLE TREE |
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Likeness, Your Charms Are Engraved on My Heart |
SPRUCE |
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Eternal hardiness, Endurance, Symbol of North and Cold |
ST. JOHN'S-WORT |
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Staunch Hardiness, Strength Against Fear or Animosity |
STAR OF BETHLEHEM |
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Hope, Atonement, Reconciliation, Purity; Idleness |
STAR OF BETHLEHEM(Pyramidal) |
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Purity |
STARWORT (Aster) (General) |
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Variety, Delicacy, Patience, Love Vibrations, Health |
STARWORT (Aster) (General) |
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Healthy Emotions, Love & Contentment |
STARWORT(White Star & Late varieties) |
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Welcome to a Stranger, Afterthoughts, Healthy Emotions |
STATICE |
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Success, Remembrance; Sympathy, Lasting Beauty |
STEPHANOTIS |
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Marital Happiness, Desire to Travel, Come With Me |
STEPHANOTIS |
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Happiness In Marriage, You can boast too much |
STOCK |
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Bonds of Affection, Promptness, Happy Life |
STOCK |
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Lasting Beauty, You'll Always Be Beautiful to Me |
STONECROP (Sedum) |
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Tranquillity, Welcome |
STRAWBERRY |
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Goodness, Perfect Goodness, Esteem, Love |
STRAWBERRY of the INDIES(Fragaria) |
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Deceitful Appearances |
STRAW |
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Agreement, United |
STRAW (BROKEN) |
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Broken Agreement |
STRAW FLOWER |
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Agreement |
SUCCORY(Cichorium) |
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Frugality |
SUMAC(Dwarf) |
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Adoration (dwarf), Splendid, Intellectual Excellence |
SUMAC(General & Wild) |
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I Shall Survive the Change |
SUNDEW(Round-Leafed/Drosera) |
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Surprise |
SUNFLOWER(General & Large Annual) |
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You are Splendid, Loyalty, Best Wishes, Adoration |
SUNFLOWERS (General) |
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Truth, Fame, Recognition, Granting Wishes |
SUNFLOWER ( DWARF) |
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Adoration, Loyalty, Good Wishes |
SUNFLOWER (TALL) |
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Pure Thoughts, Lofty thoughts, Riches, Loyalty, Pride |
SUNFLOWER(Helianthus Perennial) |
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False Riches, Haughtiness |
SWALLOW WORT( Cynanchum) |
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Cure for Heartache |
SWEET BASIL |
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Good Luck; Best Wishes |
SWEET FLAG (Wild Iris) |
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Fitness and Strength |
SWEET PEA |
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Departure, Remember Me, Good-Bye, Tender Memory |
SWEETPEA |
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Blissful Pleasure, Thank You for a Lovely Time |
SWEET-SULTAN |
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Felicity, Happiness |
SWEET-WILLIAM |
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Grant Me One Smile, Gallantry, Perfection, Finesse |
SWEET-WILLIAM |
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Grant Me One Smile,Your Lovely Smile,sometimes Scorn |
SYCAMORE |
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Growth and Persistence, Curiosity |
SYRINGA (Lilac species) |
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Fraternal Regard, You Shall Be Happy Yet, Memory |
SYRINGA (Lilac species) |
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Beauty, Pride, Fraternal Love |
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TAMARISK |
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Crime, It was a crime, Don't do me wrong |
TANACITUM (Feverfew & Hybrid Species) |
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Protection, Good Health |
TANSY (Wild) |
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Resistance, I Declare War Against You, I Resist You |
TARE (Vetch) |
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Vice |
TEA TREE (Leptospermum) |
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Healing, Strong Health |
TEASEL (Dipscaus) |
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Misanthropy |
TENDRILS (Climbing Plants, Any Sort) |
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Ties that Bind |
THISTLE (General) |
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Austerity, Sternness, Nobility, Harshness |
THISTLE (Scotch) |
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Retaliation |
THORNAPPLE (General) |
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I Dreamed of Thee |
THORNAPPLE(Datura Stromonium) |
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Delusive Beauty, Disguise, Deceitful Charms |
THORNAPPLE(D. fastuosa/Dbl.Purple) |
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Suspicion |
THRIFT (ARMERIA) |
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Sympathy |
THYME |
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Activity, Strength & Courage, Thrift, Ensures good sleep |
TIGRIDIA (Tiger Flower/Jocky's Cap) |
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Protection against Cruelty; sometimes Cruelty |
TOAD FLAX(Wild Antirrhinum) |
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Presumption |
TOPIARY |
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Stability, Strength |
TOUCH-ME-NOT(Impatien) |
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Impatience, Impatience for Love |
TRADESCANTIA(Wandering Jew) |
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Felicity, Happiness, Transcient Friendship(s) |
TRAVELER'S JOY (Clematis) |
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Rest, Safety |
TREE PRIMROSE(Oenothera |
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Inconstancy |
TREMELLA (Fungi) |
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Resistance |
TRILLIUM |
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Modest ambition |
TRITONIA |
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The Weather Vane, I Am Yours in All Seasons |
TRUFFLE(Ground Fungi) |
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Surprise |
TRUMPET FLOWER(Angel's Trumpets) |
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Thoughts of Those Departed, Separation |
TRUMPET-FLOWER (Orange Trumpet) |
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Fame |
TUBEROSE |
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Daringly Dangerous, Dangerous Pleasures |
TUBEROSE |
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Voluptuousness |
TULIP (General) |
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Fame, Charity, Declaration of Love |
TULIP (General) |
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Perfect Lover, Flower Emblem of Holland, Famous |
TULIP (Red) |
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Declaration of love, Fame, Believe Me, Ardent Love |
TULIP (Red) |
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My Perfect Love, Reclaimation of Love |
TULIP (Pink & Purple Shades) |
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Rural Happiness, Country Charms |
TULIP (Variegated) |
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Beautiful Eyes, Your Eyes Are Beautiful, Enchantment |
TULIP (Variegated) |
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There's Sunshine in Your Smile, Beautiful Eyes |
TULIP (Virginal/Budding) |
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Literary Debut, Best Wishes for Your New Venture |
TULIP (Yellow) |
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Lovely & Majestic Charms, Sunshine in Your Smile |
TULIP (Yellow) |
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Perfect Love, sometimes Hopeless(ly in) Love |
TULIP TREE(Deciduous Magnolia) |
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Bonds of Love, Fame |
TURNIP |
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Charity |
TURNIP BLOSSOM |
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Help Will Come for You |
TURNSOL (Heliotrope) |
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The Intoxication of Love |
TUSSILAGE (Coltsfoot) |
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You Shall Have Justice |
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ULMUS (Elm) |
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Dignity, Grace, Protection (see Elm) |
URTICA (Nettle Family) |
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Slander, You are Spiteful, Cruelty, Don't Sting Me |
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VACCINUM (Blueberry) |
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Healing (Flowers & Fruit); (Foliage)Treachery |
VALERIAN (General) |
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An Accommodating Disposition |
VALERIAN (Greek) |
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Rapture |
VALERIAN (Red) |
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Readiness, Facility |
VENUS'S CAR( Dicentra/Bleeding Heart) |
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Fly With Me |
VENUS FLYTRAP |
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Caught at Last, Duplicity, Deception |
VENUS' LOOKING GLASS (Legousia) |
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Flattery |
VENUS'S LOOKING GLASS(Triodanis) |
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Flattery |
VERBENA (White & General) |
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Pray for Me, I Pray for You, Sensibility, Enchantment |
VERBENA (Pink) |
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Family Union & Bonds |
VERBENA (Purple) |
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I Pray (Weep) for You, Regret |
VERBENA (Scarlet) |
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Sensitivity, Tender & Quick Emotion |
VERBENA (White) |
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Honesty, Pray For Me (As I Do For You) |
VERNALGRASS |
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Poor But Happy |
VERONICA (Speciosa & Species) |
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Fidelity, I Dare Not, I Promise to be Faithful |
VERONICA SPEEDWELL |
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Fidelity |
VERTIVER(Chrysopogon zizanioides) |
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Tranquility, Grounding |
VERVAIN(Wild Verbena) |
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Enchantment, Superstition |
VERVAIN |
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Sacred herb of Romans used to purify homes & temples |
VETCH |
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I Cling To Thee, Shyness |
VIBURNUM (Opulus) |
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Age, Winter |
VINCA MAJOR (Periwinkle) |
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Happy or Fond Memories |
VINE |
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Release of Prophetic Powers, Intoxicating Powers, Bonds |
VIOLET (General/Blue/Sweet) |
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Faithfulness, Modesty, Virtue, Affection, Love |
VIOLET (Blue) |
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Youthful Innocence, Watchfulness, Hope, Calming |
VIOLET (Blue) |
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Love, I'll Always Be True, Watchful & Faithful Always |
VIOLET (Dame) |
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Watchfulness, Faithfulness, Love, Loyalty |
VIOLET (Purple) |
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Thoughts of You, Faithfulness, Love, Loyalty |
VIOLET (Vines or Runner Trails) |
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Bonds or Knots of Love |
VIOLET (White) |
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Let's Take A Chance On Happiness, I'll Always Be True |
VIOLET (White) |
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Purity, Candor, Modesty, Innocence |
VIOLET(Yellow) |
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Love of Country, Modesty, Faithfulness, induces sleep |
VIOLET (Yellow) |
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Rural Happiness, Country Charms, Modest Worth |
VIOLET IVY (Cobea Scadens) +++ |
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Knots, Knots of Love |
VIRGINIA COWSLIP(Dodocatheon) |
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Divinity |
VIRGINIA CREEPER |
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I Cling To Thee, Shyness |
VIRGINIA SPIDERWORT(Tradescantia) |
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Momentary Happiness, Transcient Felicity |
VIRGIN'S BOWER(Clematis) |
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Filial Love, Love of Son or Daughter), Artifice |
VISCARIA |
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Will You Dance With Me? |
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WAKE-ROBIN (Arum commune) |
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Ardor, Zeal |
WALL FLOWER (Gilly Flower) |
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Faithful in Adversity, Fidelity, Lasting Beauty |
WALLFLOWER |
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Promptness, Fidelity in Misfortune or Adversity |
WALNUT |
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Healing and Protection |
WALNUT (Tree) |
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Intellect and Stratagem, Protection, Health |
WANDERING JEW(Trandescantia) |
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Felicity, Happiness, Transcient Friendship(s) |
WATER LILY (General)(Nymphaea) |
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Purity of the Heart, Beauty |
WATER LILY (peltated)(N.nulumbo) |
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Wisdom |
WATER LILY (White)(N. Alba) |
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Eloquence & Elegance |
WATER LILY (Yellow) (N. lutea) |
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Growing Indifference |
WAX-PLANT Hoya/General) |
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Preference, Good Fortune, Better Things to Come |
WAX PLANT (Hoya) |
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Susceptibility |
WEIGELA |
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Accept a Faithful Heart, Grace and Yielding to lLove |
WHEAT |
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Prosperity, Wealth, Continuation of Life, Friendliness |
WHEAT STALK |
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Riches |
WHORTLEBERRY(Vaccinium) |
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Treachery |
WILLOW (Weeping) |
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Mourninig, Saddness,Bravery, sometimes forsaken love |
WILLOW (General &Weeping)) |
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Healing, Protection, Banishes Sadness and Depression |
WILLOW (General) |
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Strongly Healing Feminine aspects, Mourning |
WINDFLOWER (Anemone) |
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Sincerity, Symbol of Love; sometimes Abandonment |
WINGED SEEDS (All Sorts) |
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Messengers, Spirit Message from Nature |
WINTERGREEN |
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Harmony |
WINTER GREENERY |
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Immortality,Renewal,I Survive & Prosper Through Adversity |
WINTER ROSE (Helleborus) |
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A Beautiful Year Ahead, Wit, Relieve My Anxiety |
WISTERIA |
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Welcome, Cordial Welcome, You Are Always Welcome |
WISTERIA |
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I Cling to Thee |
WITCH HAZEL |
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A Spell |
WITCH-HAZEL |
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Inspiration, Mysticism, A spell is upon me |
WOAD (Isatis, A Wild Indigo) |
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Modest Merit |
WOLFBANE (Aconite/Friar's Cap) |
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Misanthropy, Chivalry, Knight |
WOLFSBANE(Turk's Cap/Bear's Foot) |
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Misanthropy |
WOODBINE |
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Fraternal Love |
WOODRUFF |
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Sweet Humility |
WOOD-SORREL (Oxalis) |
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Joy, Maternal Tenderness |
WORMWOOD (General) |
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Absence |
WORMWOOD(Absinthium) |
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Absence |
WORMWOOD(Artemisia) |
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Not to be Discourage, Please don't be Discouraged |
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XANTHIUM (Cocklebur) |
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Pertinacity, Rudeness |
XERANTHEMUM (Everlasting Daisy) |
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Unfading Remembrance, Cheerful in Adversity |
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Section Y.
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YARROW |
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Cure for Heartache and Sorrow |
YARROW |
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Cure that Brings Health and Healing |
YEW (General & Tree)(Taxus) |
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Transformation, Reincarnation, Death & Rebirth, Great Age, Good Shield and Protection |
YEW (Foliage) |
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Same as above, also Sadness, Sorrow |
YUCCA |
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There is Life; Abundant and Hardy Life |
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ZANTADESCHIA (Calla or White Arum Lily) |
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Magnificent Beauty, Loveliness, Pure Elegance |
ZEPHYR FLOWER (General) |
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Sincerity, Symbol of Love |
ZEPHYRANTHES (Hybrids & Species) |
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Expectation, Fond Caresses |
ZINNIA (General) |
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Kind Thoughts of Absent Friends, Thoughts of Friends |
ZINNIA (Magenta) |
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Lasting Affection |
ZINNIA (Mixed) |
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Thinking (or in memory) of an Absent Friend |
ZINNIA (Scarlet) |
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Constancy |
ZINNIA (White) |
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Goodness |
ZINNIA (Yellow) |
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Daily Remembrance |