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flower

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

PLANT BLOOMA1

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.

Similar words: bloom, blossom

Common phrases: flower petals, flower bud, flower opens

FLOWERING PLANTA1

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?

Similar words: flowering plant

Common phrases: grow a flower, wild flower, flower bed

CUT BLOOMA1

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?

Similar words: cut flower

Common phrases: cut flower, flower arrangement, buy a flower

BLOOMING STATEB2

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.

How to use it: be in flower (The apple trees are in flower.); come into flower (The shrubs come into flower in early spring.)

Similar words: bloom

Common phrases: in flower, come into flower, full flower

BEST PERIODC2

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.

How to use it: in the flower of something (The poet died in the flower of youth.)

Similar words: prime, peak

Common phrases: the flower of youth, the flower of life, in full flower

LANGUAGE ORNAMENTC2

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.

Similar words: rhetorical ornament

Common phrases: flower of rhetoric, rhetorical flower

verb

PRODUCE BLOOMSB1

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?

Similar words: bloom, blossom

Common phrases: flower in spring, flower every year, begin to flower

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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