flower

fiore

Parte di una pianta, spesso colorata, in cui possono formarsi i semi.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: bloom, blossom

Espressioni comuni: flower petals, flower bud, flower opens

fiore, pianta da fiore

Pianta coltivata per i suoi fiori colorati, soprattutto una piccola pianta dal fusto tenero.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: flowering plant

Espressioni comuni: grow a flower, wild flower, flower bed

fiore, fiore reciso

Fiore tagliato dalla pianta insieme al gambo, da regalare o usare come decorazione.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: cut flower

Espressioni comuni: cut flower, flower arrangement, buy a flower

fioritura

Stato di una pianta quando i suoi fiori sono aperti.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: be in flower (The apple trees are in flower.); come into flower (The shrubs come into flower in early spring.)

Sinonimi: bloom

Espressioni comuni: in flower, come into flower, full flower

fiore, pienezza

Periodo in cui qualcuno o qualcosa raggiunge il massimo della forza, della salute o del successo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: in the flower of something (The poet died in the flower of youth.)

Sinonimi: prime, peak

Espressioni comuni: the flower of youth, the flower of life, in full flower

fiore retorico, ornamento retorico

Espressione elegante aggiunta a un testo o discorso per renderlo più bello.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: rhetorical ornament

Espressioni comuni: flower of rhetoric, rhetorical flower

fiorire

Per una pianta, produrre fiori nei quali in seguito possono formarsi i semi.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: bloom, blossom

Espressioni comuni: flower in spring, flower every year, begin to flower