Autumnal: alternatives and connections

A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively.

A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The "curd," or flowering head, is th…

To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced…

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at…

flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside

A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating.

Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, ir…

of Flower

Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

Gathered, or having the map gathered, into little tufts, knots, or protuberances. Cf. Frieze, v. t., and Friz, v. t., 2.

Whatever is produced for the nourishment or enjoyment of man or animals by the processes of vegetable growth, as corn, grass, cotton,…

The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or earl…