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Fleur (given Name)
Fleur is a feminine given name originated in France, eventually used in English speaking countries and other languages. It means "flower" in French. Notable people *Fleur Adcock (born 1934), New Zealander poet and editor *Fleur Agema (born 1976), Dutch politician *Fleur Anderson, British Labour politician * Fleur Beale (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer *Fleur Bennett (born 1970), British television actress *Fleur Cowles (1908–2009), American writer and editor *Fleur East (born 1987), British singer and contestant on ''The X Factor'' * Fleur Ezekiel (fl.1959), Indian model, first Indian Miss World contestant * Fleur Faure (born 1993), French cyclist *Fleur Hassan-Nahoum (born 1973), Israeli politician *Fleur Jaeggy (born 1940), Swiss writer (in Italian) * Fleur van de Kieft (born 1973), Dutch field hockey player *Fleur Lombard (1974–1996), British firefighter and first female firefighter to die on duty in peacetime *Fleur Maxwell (born 1988), Luxembourgian fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae). The biological function of a flower is to facilitate reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) resulting from cross-pollination or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower) when self-pollination occurs. There are two types of pollination: self-pollination and cross-pollination. Self-pollination occurs when the pollen from the anther is deposited on the stigma of the same flower, or another flower on the same plant. Cross-pollination is when pollen is transferred from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower on a different individual of the same species. Self-pollination happens in flowers where the stamen and carpel mature at the same time, and are positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are also used in administrative and judicial matters and all three are considered administrative languages of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora (given Name)
Flora is a feminine given name of Latin origin meaning ''flower'', ultimately derived from the Latin word ''flos'', which had the genitive ''florus''. Flora was a fertility goddess of flowers and springtime in Ancient Rome. Feminine variants include Florrie or its Scottish Gaelic equivalent Flòraidh. Flora was also used as an English translation for the etymologically unrelated Scottish Gaelic Fionnaghal, a variant of the Irish Gaelic name Fionnuala. Other feminine variants include the Dutch Floor and Floortje, the English and French Florence, the French Fleur, Flore, and Florette, the Hungarian Flóra, the Italian Fiore and Fiorenza, the Occitan Flòra, the Sami Florá, the Portuguese and Spanish Flor and Florinda, the Spanish Florencia, and the Portuguese Florência, and the Welsh Fflur. Usage The name came into regular use by the 1700s in countries across Europe and elsewhere. The name was among the one hundred most popular names for girls in the United States in the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowers (name)
Flowers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *A. D. Flowers (1917–2001), American visual effects artist * Adam Flowers, American singer *Adrian Flowers (1926–2016), British photographer * Alfred K. Flowers (born 1947), United States Air Force officer *Angela Flowers (1932–2023), British gallerist *Ben Flowers (1927–2009), American baseball player *Bernie Flowers (1930–2011), American footballer *Bess Flowers (1898–1984), American actress *Betty Sue Flowers, American academic and writer * Bill Flowers (born 1963), Australian artist * Bob Flowers (1917–1962), American footballer *Brandon Flowers (born 1981), American singer and musician *Brandon Flowers (American football) (born 1986), American football player *Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers (1924–2010), British physicist * Bruce Flowers (born 1957), American basketball player *Buck Flowers (1899–1983), American footballer *Charlie Flowers (1937–2014), American football player * Chipman L. Flowers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
