A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants. Flowers consist of a combination of vegetative organs – sepals that enclose and protect the developing flower, petals that attract pollinators, and reproductive organs that produce gametophytes, which in flowering plants produce gametes. The male gametophytes, which produce sperm, are enclosed within pollen grains produced in the anthers. The female gametophytes are contained within the ovules produced in the carpels.

पुष्पाणि अथवा कुसुमानि वृक्षाणां लतानां वा सन्तानसंवर्धकानां बीजानाम् निर्माणस्य मूलानि भवन्ति । लोके कुसुमानि सर्वजनप्रियाणि तेषां क्वचित् सौन्दर्येण क्वचित् सुगन्धेन क्वचित् उभयाभ्यां च । पुष्पाणि सस्यानां बीजोत्पादनस्य प्रक्रियायाः परागस्पर्शः गर्भीकरणस्य मूलस्थानं भवन्ति।