Some examples from:

The Oxford English Dictionary
 
 

Clematis:

14.
     a. An old name for Traveller's Joy or Virgin's Bower, Clematis Vitalba; also love-bind.

Flower:

8. The best, choicest, most attractive or desirable part or product of anything, material or immaterial; the essence, quintessence; also `the gist' (of a matter).

9. The brightest and fairest example or embodiment of any quality.

Antelope:

1821 Shelley Epipsych. 75 An antelope, In the suspended impulse of its lightness, Were less ætherially light;

1847 Carpenter Zool. Sect.265 The True Antelopes are remarkable for the graceful symmetry of their bodies, the length and slenderness of their limbs, and the lightness and agility of their movements...

1862 Mrs. Browning Last Poems 8 Her throat has the antelope curve.

Sun:

1. c. As an object of worship in various religions.

6. gen. A luminary; esp. a star as the centre of a system of worlds.

11. a. Of, belonging, or relating to the sun, sunlight, or sunshine, as sun-blaze, -glory, -warmth; with reference to the worship of the sun, etc. as sun-chariot, -child, -deity (= sun-god), -hero, -maiden, -spirit, -temple.

Autumnal:

2. fig. Of incipient decay.

Cypress:

1. a. A well-known coniferous tree. Often regarded as symbolic of mourning. Hence, the English name of the genus.

Nest:

2. a. A place in which a person (or personified thing) finds rest or has residence; a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat.

Rose:

4. a. The flower as distinguished by its surpassing beauty, fragrance, or rich red colour.
 

































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