flowers
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
An inflected form of flower · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 837 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,797 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
- reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts also: bloom, blossom
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity also: prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence
flowers in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He brought her a few flowers every Saturday.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Tom was picking the flowers as fast as he could.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Other boats filled with vegetables and flowers of all colors passed them.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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Here he found a lovely meadow full of green trees and exquisite flowers.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link, Spink, spank, spink, Snug and safe is this nest of ours, Hidden among the summer flowers.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1