Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 A participant in a wedding procession, whose responsibility is usually to spread flower petals on the floor before the bride, or to carry a bouquet of flowers. 2 A girl who sells flowers. 3 A female flower child.
WordNet
n. a woman who sells flowers in the street
a young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession
Wikipedia
The phrase flower girl is commonly used to refer to a young female who scatters flower petals down the aisle during a wedding procession. However, the term can also be used to refer to girls who sell flowers, such as the fictional character Eliza Doolittle or "Flower Seller Uniqua" (a character in the Backyardigans).
Flower Girl is a 2013 Nigerian romantic comedy film set and shot in Lagos, Nigeria. It revolves around a story of Kemi ( Damilola Adegbite) who is dying to get married to Umar (Chris Attoh); a young man who is desperate to get ahead in his career. When their relationship hits troubled waters, Kemi seeks the help of movie superstar Tunde ( Blossom Chukwujekwu) and they hatch a plan to get Kemi what she wants.
Usage examples of "flower girl".
She smiled at Mona, her little flower girl, lovely as always with the usual ribbon in her red hair.
Beyond were flowers of shades and shapes beyond anything you would ever see in the arms of a flower girl on Doxy Street.
In every ritual Florian stood as symbolic father to the bride, and Sava as flower girl, strewing fresh petals about for each couple, while Nella served as loan's maid of honor, Daphne as Gavrila's, and Sunday as Clover Lee's.
George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion asserts the idea that a flower girl can become a lady, in soul as well as appearance, if only she is trained and educated properly.
Skeeter paused as they shouldered their way through Victoria Station and bought a single rose from a flower girl, another down-timer who had sewn her own street-vendor costume and grew her flowers in the station's lower levels.
Skeeter paused as they shouldered their way through Victoria Station and bought a single rose from a flower girl, another down-timer who had sewn her own street-vendor costume and grew her flowers in the station’.