Symbols

Flowers, also known as blossoms and blooms, are the reproductive structures of flowering plants. Typically, they are structured in four circular levels around the end of a stalk. These include: sepals, which are modified leaves that support the flower; petals, often designed to attract pollinators; male stamens, where pollen is presented; and female gynoecia, where pollen is received and its movement is facilitated to the egg. When flowers are arranged in a group, they are known collectively as an inflorescence.

thumb|upright=1.5|In this illustration, politician Daniel O'Connell dreams of a confrontation between his outfit and that of [[George IV (r. 1820–1830; shown via a thought bubble)]]

thumb|upright|A red octagon symbolizes "stop" even without the word.|alt=Silhouette of a red octagon thumb|upright|Wearing variously colored List of awareness ribbons|ribbons is a symbolic action that shows support for certain campaigns.

right|thumb|250px|The Green Pharmacy Cross (sometimes overlaid with Bowl of Hygieia), is widely used in on pharmacy signs. thumb|A medication is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. thumb|The Apothecary or The Chemist by Gabriël Metsu (–67)

abbreviations used in chemistry

signboard displaying information for road users

dream where one is aware that they are dreaming

computer recognition of visual text

thumb|Neolithic triple-spiral symbol

symbolic rod from Greek mythology

thumb|upright|Cornucopia of a Roman statue of Livia as [[Fortuna, 42-52 AD, marble, Altes Museum, Berlin ]] thumb|Cornucopia, part of a Roman statue, Archaeological Museum A. Salinas, Palermo, Sicily, Italy In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (; ), also called the horn of plenty, is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts. In Greek, it was called the horn of Amalthea (), after Amalthea, a nurse of Zeus, who is often part of stories of the horn's origin.

instructions governing the plan of care for an individual patient, often written authorization to obtain a drug from a pharmacist

thumb|upright|Modern depiction of the caduceus as the symbol of logistics thumb|upright| carrying a winged caduceus upright in his left hand. A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, [[Rome)]]

thumb|The Wilton Diptych (–1399) features [[angels wearing the White Hart badge, the personal emblem of King Richard II of England]] thumb|The Emblem of Uzbekistan|national emblem of Uzbekistan thumb|The family emblem of the fictional Superman dynasty|House of El

typically pendulum-regulated clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo's call

thumb|A rebus-style "escort card" from around 1865, to be read as "May I see you home my dear?" thumb|A German rebus, circa 1620

symbol representing the heart

recognisable symbol designed to warn about hazardous or dangerous materials, locations, or objects

Japanese emblems

thumb|right|A woman fastening a Flag of Poland|red-and-white cockade to a Polish insurgent's square-shaped [[rogatywka cap during the January Uprising of 1863–64]]

personification of Earth's environment

thumb|Tamgha of the Bayundur, which represents a [[falcon according to Mahmud al-Kashgari]] A tamga, or tamgha (from ), was an abstract seal or brand used by Eurasian nomads and cultures influenced by them, initially as a livestock branding. The tamga was used as a livestock branding for a particular tribe, clan or family. They were common among the Eurasian nomads throughout Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages. As clan and family identifiers, the collection and systematic comparison of tamgas is regarded to provide insights into relations between families, individuals and ethnic groups in

padlock attached to a public fixture as a symbol of eternal love

symbol usually meaning 'yes' or 'correct'

heraldic badge

hand gesture

conical or half-egg-shaped cap, often of felt, worn in Ancient Greece and Rome and by ecclesiastics

right|thumb|Interlaced triquetra which is a trefoil knot The triquetra ( ; from the Latin adjective triquetrus "three-cornered") is a triangular figure composed of three interlaced arcs, or (equivalently) three overlapping vesicae piscis lens shapes. It is used as an ornamental design in architecture, and in medieval manuscript illumination (particularly in the Insular tradition). Its depiction as interlaced is common in Insular ornaments from about the 7th century. In this interpretation, the triquetra represents the topologically simplest possible knot. thumb|Comparison of associated Reuleau

thumb|right|An artist's depiction of a dream

technique for marking livestock so as to identify the owner, traditionally with a hot iron

A borjgali () is a Georgian symbol of the sun and eternity. The Borjgali is often represented with seven rotating wings over the tree of life which can be used to create various shapes and variations and is considered one of the main symbols of Georgian culture.

In Chinese philosophy, a taijitu () is a symbol or diagram () representing taiji () in both its monist (wuji) and its dualist (yin and yang) forms. A taijitu in application provides a deductive and inductive theoretical model. Such a diagram was first introduced by Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi of the Song Dynasty in his Taijitu shuo ().

Oneiromancy () is a form of divination based upon dreams, and also uses dreams to predict the future. Oneirogen plants may also be used to produce or enhance dream-like states of consciousness. Occasionally, the dreamer feels as if they are transported to another time or place, and this is offered as evidence they are in fact providing divine information upon their return.

thumb|right|Most commonly used variation of an Andean cross used today; this open Andean cross can also be seen at the Tello Obelisk and on Tiwanaku [[Qirus often with an eye inside]] The chakana or Andean cross (also "stepped cross", "step motif", or "stepped motif") is a stepped cross motif used by the Inca and pre-incan Andean societies. The most commonly used variation of this symbol today is made up of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of the compass and a superimposed square. Chakana means 'bridge', and means 'to cross over' in Quechua. The Andean cross motif appears in

' is a rune that is transliterated as o and œ in the Elder Futhark and the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc writing systems respectively. It is known as ("inheritance, home, native land") in Old English, from which hypothetical Proto-Germanic names such as ' have been reconstructed.

thumb|220px|August von Mackensen, German field marshal in hussar full dress prior to 1914, with the Totenkopf on his fur busby Totenkopf (, ) is a German compound word for death's head. The word is often used to denote a figurative, graphic or sculptural symbol, common in Western culture, consisting of the representation of a human skull – usually frontal, more rarely in profile with or without the mandible. In some cases, other human skeletal parts may be added, often including two crossed long bones (femurs) depicted below or behind the skull (when it may be referred to in English as a "skul

mark of property, later also used as a family or clan emblem, incised on the facade of a building, on animals, in signet and similar in the farmer and burgher culture of Germany and Scandinavia

thumb|Apertural view of an adult queen conch Aliger gigas with the foot, eyes and snout visible thumb|A shell of a dead Florida crown conch Melongena corona inhabited by a [[hermit crab]]

Unicode block (U+2150-218F)

upright=1.2|thumb|Poppies on Lake Geneva, [[Montreux]] A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the source of the narcotic drug mixture opium, which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drug. It also produces edible seeds. Following the trench warfare in the poppy fields of Flanders, Belgium, during World War I, poppies, s

thumb|right|The Flag of France|Tricolore cockade of the [[French Air Force was first used on military aircraft before the First World War]]

symbol often found on dressed stone in buildings

Unicode block (U+2300-23FF)

international technical standard for hazard and safety symbols signposts and equipment or places exposed to risk

Ghanaian symbols that represent concepts or aphorisms

estimated symbol (U+212E), e-mark, used in European packaging

signs ans symbols denoting various astrological concepts

Heraldic device used by the county and House of Lancaster

graphical symbol used to identify items on a map, including points, lines, or fields

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thumb|The sankofa symbol '''' (pronounced SAHN-koh-fah) is a word in the Akan language of Ghana meaning "to retrieve" (literally "go back and get"; - to return; - to go; - to fetch, to seek and take) This Adinkra symbol represented either with a stylized heart shape or by a bird with its head turned backwards while its feet face forward carrying a precious egg in its mouth. Sankofa is often associated with the proverb, "Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi''," which translates as: "It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten."

denotes the removal of environmental barriers, to improve accessibility

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typographic mark used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing

thumb|Seeblatt bendwise sinister '''''' (, German for 'lake leaf', plural ''''; ; ; East Frisian: Pupkeblad) is the term for the stylized leaf of a water lily, used as a charge in heraldry.

motif

thumb|Rafael Nadal wearing yellow wrist bands during a [[tennis match.]] thumb|right|150px|A white terrycloth wristband on an arm, next to a blue silicone wristband.

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symbol used for cowardice or bravery