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Word List: Flowers
- flower, flowers [ˈflaʊə]
(noun) - Definition:
- a plant, typically including sepals, petals, stamens, and ovaries, often conspicuously colourful
- Example:
- He brought some flowers when he visited her.
- Homophone(s):flour
- bouquet, bouquets [bō'keɪ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a bunch of flowers
- Example:
- For my birthday I received two bouquets.
- blossom, blossoms [blɒsəm]
(noun) - Definition:
- the state or season of producing flowers
- Example:
- The tree has blossoms early this year.
- bud, buds [bʌd]
(noun) - Definition:
- a newly formed leaf or flower that has not yet unfolded
- Example:
- After a long, cold winter, the trees finally began to produce buds.
- stem, stems [stɛm]
(noun) - Definition:
- the above-ground stalk of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms
- Example:
- Don't cut the stem!
- rose, roses [rəʊz]
(noun) - Definition:
- a shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers
- Example:
- Many red roses are usually sold on Valentine's Day.
- daffodil, daffodils [ˈdæfəˌdɪl]
(noun) - Definition:
- a bulbous plant, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona; the national flower of Wales
- Example:
- I love it when the first daffodils come in the spring.
- sunflower, sunflowers [ˈsʌnˌflawər]
(noun) - Definition:
- any plant of the genus Helianthus, so called probably from the form and colour of its floral head, having the form of a large disk surrounded by yellow ray flowers
- Example:
- Sunflowers are Julia's favourite flowers.
- lily, lilies [ˈlɪli]
(noun) - Definition:
- a herbaceous flowering plant that is a leafy stemmed herb, forming naked or tunic-less scaly underground bulbs from which they overwinter
- Example:
- Dried Lily flower buds called 'Gum Jum' are often used with mushrooms and other ingredients in Chinese cooking.
- lily of the valley, lilies of the valley
(noun) - Definition:
- a flowering plant with richly fragrant pendant bells
- Example:
- Joan wants to have lilies of the valley in her garden this year.
- dandelion, dandelions [ˈdæn.dɪ.laɪən]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves
- Example:
- You can feed the rabbit some dandelion.
- buttercup, buttercups [ˈbʌt.ə.kʌp]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of many herbs of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers, that usually flower in April or May, but their flowers may be found throughout the summer
- Example:
- Buttercups are poisonous when eaten fresh by cattle, horses and other livestock.
- daisy, daisies [ˈdeɪ.zi]
(noun) - Definition:
- a small, wild flowering plant with a yellow head and white petals
- Example:
- The girls made themselves bracelets out of the many daisies.
- marguerite, marguerites [oxeye daisy]
(noun) - Definition:
- a perennial prostrate herb with small flower head that consists of about 20 white ray flowers and numerous yellow disc flowers, growing on the end of the stem
- Example:
- The marguerite is a typical meadow flower.
- thistle, thistles [θɪsəl]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of several perennial composite plants, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts
- Example:
- In the language of flowers, the thistle is an ancient Celtic symbol of nobility of character as well as of birth.
- carnation, carnations [kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən]
(noun) - Definition:
- a type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers, growing to 80 cm tall with glaucous greyish green to blue-green leaves
- Example:
- For the most part, carnations express love, fascination and distinction.
- poppy, poppies [ˈpɒpɪ]
(noun) - Definition:
- any plant of the species Papaver, with 4 to 6 crumpled, often red petals and a milky juice
- Example:
- The pollen of the oriental poppy is dark blue.
- tulip, tulips [ˈtyooləp]
(noun) - Definition:
- colourful and attractive cup shaped flowers that typically have three petals and three sepals that are nearly identical
- Example:
- Tulips can even grow in the cold and snowy winter.
- fuchsia, fuchsias [ˈfjuːʃə]
(noun) - Definition:
- a popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia that has shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers
- Example:
- There are about 100–110 species of Fuchsia.
- orchid, orchids [ˈɔrkɪd]
(noun) - Definition:
- a plant of the orchid family, bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours
- Example:
- White orchids are beautiful to look at.
- cactus, cactuses [ˈkæktʊs]
(noun) - Definition:
- any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, including euphorbs
- Example:
- Better not touch the cactus!
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/environment-and-nature/plants/flowers/
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