花是被子植物（被子植物门植物，又称有花植物或开花植物）的繁殖器官，其生物学功能的是结合雄性精细胞与雌性卵细胞以产生种子。这一进程始于传粉，然后是受精，从而形成种子并加以传播。对于高等植物而言，种子便是其下一代，而且是各物种在自然分布的主要手段。同一植物上着生的花的组合称为花序。

“花”在生活中亦常被称为“花朵”或“花卉”。广义的花卉可指一切具有观赏价值的植物（或人工栽插的盆景），而狭义上则单指所有的开花植物。 除了作为被子植物的繁殖器官，花卉还一直广受人们的喜爱和使用，主要用于美化环境，而且还作为一种食物来源。

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in plants that are floral (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds.