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.

ಪುಷ್ಪ ಅಥವಾ ಕುಸುಮ ಎಂದೂ ಸಹ ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ಹೂವು, ಹೂಬಿಡುವ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುವ ಸಂತಾನೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿಯ ಅಂಗವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮ್ಯಾಗ್ನೋಲಿಯೋಫೈಟ ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುವ ಈ ಸಸ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಏಂಜಿಯೋಸ್ಪರ್ಮ್‌ಗಳೆಂದೂ ಸಹ ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ).