wreath

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A ring or circlet of flowers, boughs, or leaves worn on the head, placed on a memorial, or hung as a decoration.
2. n. A representation of this ring or circlet, as in woodwork.
3. n. A curling or circular form: a wreath of smoke.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A twisted band; something twisted, as a flowering branch, into a circular form; especially, a sort of crown made of natural or artificial flowers sewed to a stem, or of thin metal-work, filigree, or the like; a garland; a chaplet.
2. n. In heraldry:
3. n. A garland or diadem for the head. A chaplet of flowers or leaves, the general character being described in the blazon.
4. n. The tail of a wild boar: mentioned in the blazon only when of a different tincture from the rest of the bearing.
5. n. Something resembling a twisted band; something narrow, long, and circular, of slightly irregular outline.
6. n. A defect in glass, consisting of a wavy appearance, due to want of uniform density. This defect is most common in flint-glass.
7. n. The trochal disk of a rotifer with its fringe of cilia. See cuts under Rotifera and trochal.
8. See wreathe.

Wiktionary

1. n. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
2. n. An ornamental circular band made e.g. of plaited flowers and leaves, and used as decoration; a garland; a chaplet, especially one given to a victor.
3. n. heraldry An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest. It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the coat of arms.
4. v. To place an entwined circle of flowers upon or around something.
5. v. To wrap around something in a circle.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.
2. n. A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
3. n. (Her.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes