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What That Rose Says About You

The Most Searched-On Flowers and Their Secret Meanings

By Molly McCall

Tue, February 12, 2008, 9:54 pm PST

You want to give your sweetie a bouquet of flowers on Valentine’s Day. That’s a classy move. Think twice, though, before plucking any random bunch of blooms. If your special someone is among the thousands of searchers hitting the Web for “meaning of flowers,” he or she may have a funny reaction to that clutch of striped carnations. (What you just said: “Sorry I can’t be with you.”)

To save you the horror of broadcasting the wrong message with yellow chrysanthemums (”slighted love”), yellow hyacinths (”jealousy”), or bright and shiny marigolds (”cruelty, grief, and jealousy,” oh my!), we’ve paired the week’s most searched-on flowers with their generally accepted meanings. Select with confidence…

When it comes to sheer flower power, the rose is the “American Idol,” the Michael Jordan, and the Beatles of botany, all rolled into one sweet-smelling, thorny cache. No flower comes close to its popularity. It draws its own “meaning” searches (”rose color meaning“), cooks up its own candy queries (”chocolate roses“),and sprinkles the Search box with its velvety parts (”rose petals“).

If you’re thinking of a dozen long-stemmed messages de amor for February 14, here are the week’s most searched-on types of roses and their secret meanings…

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Well, primarily foodies with a major sweet tooth! Heaven is a click away (or 2 or 3).

Choose between chocolate, pastries, cookies, cakes, confections, savories, gift baskets and towers, favors and jarred fruits.

Mmmmmm!

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Thanks for the info, V. Bruce

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Thanks for sharing, P. Lin

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Great reminder that some organizations or individuals enjoy the open-source “take” on getting ideas from others and getting all the benefits -no credits due. Great post. Nice reminder to keep your cards close to you. Especially if you are sharing your ideas on the dissertation you are preparing, the business idea you are developing, etc…Others might have the extra resources to implement faster than you. Good for them….if they got the idea on their own.

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