زهر

زَهْرٌ ذ , a pl., (K,) or [rather a coll. gen. n.] like تَمْرٌ, (Msb,) of which the sing., (K,) or n. un., (Msb,) is ↓ زَهْرَةٌ, (Msb, K,) which latter signifies, as also ↓ زَهَرَةٌ, A flower, or blossom, of a plant: (S, Msb, K:) or a yellow flower or blossom; (IAar, K;) and white flowers are called نَوْرٌ: (IAar:) or a flower or blossom that has become yellow: (IAar, TA:) IKt says that the term زهرة is not applied to a flower until it becomes yellow: or it signifies an open flower or blossom; a flower or blossom before it opens being called بُرْعُومٌ: (Msb:) pl. أَزْهَارٌ, and pl. pl. أَزْاهِيرُ. (A, * K.) One says, كَأَنَّ زَهْرَ النُّجُومِ زَهْرُ النُّجُومِ [ As though the flowers of the herbs were the shining of the stars ]. (A.) ― -b2- Also ↓ زَهْرَةٌ (Th, K) and ↓ زَهَرَةٌ, (K,) or the former only, (TA,) A plant: (Th, K:) but ISd thinks that Th, by this explanation, means the signification first given above: and MF disallows the meaning of a plant as unknown. (TA.)