Flowers Plant Late Coming Extra Examples I Noun

• the plant has a beautiful bright red flower.
• the roses are in flower early this year.
• the crocuses are late coming into flower.
• a flower bud/petal

flower

1. the coloured part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops. Flowers usually grow at the end of a stem and last only a short time.
• The plant has a beautiful bright red flower.
• The roses are in flower early this year.
• The crocuses are late coming into flower.
• a flower bud/petal

Extra Examples

• It has deep pink scented flowers.
• It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers.
• The bush was absolutely covered in flowers.
• The flowers are pollinated by insects.
• The flowers were still tightly closed.
2. a plant grown or valued for the beauty of its flowers
• a garden full of flowers
• The forest floor was a carpet of wild flowers.
• Flowers were blooming everywhere.
• a flower garden/show

Extra Examples

• The alleys were adorned with banks of flowers.
• The spring flowers were just coming out.
3. a flower with its stem that has been picked as a decoration
• SEE ALSO bouquet
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bouquet
• I picked some flowers.
• cut/fresh/dried flowers
• a bouquet/bunch of flowers
• a flower arrangement

Extra Examples

• He took her flowers and chocolates.
• I ordered flowers online for her birthday.
• I sent him flowers to apologize.
• I'm learning flower arranging.
• They sell a few pot plants, but they mainly sell cut flowers.
4. the finest or best part of something
• They were cut down in the flower of their youth.

Word Origin

• Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th cent. except in its specialized sense ‘ground grain’ (see flour).