state flower
noun
: a flowering plant selected (as by the legislature) as an emblem of a state of the U.S.
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Among the other notable features: the chest is flanked with dogwood petals — the North Carolina state flower — and the No. 4 printed on the front and back is for Charlotte’s first area code of 704.
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
Plus, volunteers get to spend ample time around the gorgeous orange state flower.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Her coat was embroidered with all 50 state flowers.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The purple and white flower shares a similar story to that of its parent university, Texas A&M University, and the Alamo Fire bluebonnet — a maroon-colored hybrid cultivar of the traditional state flower.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 3 May 2024
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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
Plus, volunteers get to spend ample time around the gorgeous orange state flower.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Her coat was embroidered with all 50 state flowers.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The purple and white flower shares a similar story to that of its parent university, Texas A&M University, and the Alamo Fire bluebonnet — a maroon-colored hybrid cultivar of the traditional state flower.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 3 May 2024
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“State flower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20flower. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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