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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈflaʊɚ/ · UK /ˈflaʊə/
Forms: flowers, flowering
flower means: The often colorful part of a plant where seeds can form.
noun
The often colorful part of a plant where seeds can form.
- This flower is yellow.
- Bees visit the flowers in our garden.
- The flower opened this morning.
A plant grown for its colorful blooms, especially a small plant with a soft stem.
- We planted flowers beside the fence.
- These flowers grow well in pots.
- Which flower needs the least water?
A bloom with its stem, cut from a plant and given as a gift or used for decoration.
- He gave me a flower.
- She put the flowers in a vase.
- Did you send flowers for her birthday?
The state of a plant when its colorful seed-producing parts are open.
- The trees are in flower.
- These plants come into flower in June.
- The roses were in full flower when we arrived.
The time when someone or something is strongest, healthiest, or most successful.
- She was in the flower of youth.
- His talent was in full flower that summer.
- The disease struck him in the flower of life.
An attractive expression added to writing or speech to make it sound beautiful.
- His speech contained a graceful flower of rhetoric.
- She removed the rhetorical flowers from her draft.
- The essay hides a simple idea beneath flowers of language.
verb
If a plant does this, it produces the colorful parts that can later form seeds.
- These trees flower in spring.
- The roses flowered late this year.
- Will this plant flower indoors?
Questions about flower
What does flower mean?
The often colorful part of a plant where seeds can form.
What is flower in other languages?
Türkçe: çiçek · Español: flor · Français: fleur · Deutsch: Blüte · Italiano: fiore · 日本語: 花
How do you pronounce flower?
In American English /ˈflaʊɚ/; in British English /ˈflaʊə/.
How do you use flower in a sentence?
This flower is yellow. Bees visit the flowers in our garden.
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