花

flower-comparing contest (Heian period)

daffodil; narcissus

pseudanthium; flower head

Buddhism

flowers that bloom in the heavens; paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

flowers in a vase or lapel

beautiful eyelids

woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress

wood cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa); wood cauliflower fungus

Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed)

ornithophilous flower (i.e. pollinated by birds)

Misumenops tricuspidatus (species of crab spider)

Order of the Chrysanthemum

garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus); Indian cress

Paris green; emerald green

tidings of flowers

arranging flowers in vessels hanging from the ceiling (in ikebana); flowers planted in hanging vessels

Chinese spiranthis (Spiranthes sinensis var. amoena)

ukebana; lotus-shaped support on a pedestal, lantern, pagoda finial, etc.

fourth lunar month

paper flower for a funeral

ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

Polite

flower

cloth-dyeing technique incorporating flower patterns

rachis (floral axis)

rosette