(esp during the 1960s) young people whose behaviour, dress, use of drugs, etc implied a rejection of conventional values, and who used flowers to symbolize peace and naturalness
see also hippy1
flower people in American English
noun
flower children
Word origin
[1965–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: T cell, genetic engineering, no-fault, red-eye, wraparound