flower

Everyday

1. A flower is the coloured part of a plant that blooms, like a rose or a tulip. tree →
2. A flower is a plant grown for its flowers. tree →
3. To flower is to make flowers: «The tree flowers in spring». tree →

In the lessons

a thing counted: picked, planted, put in vases or sold; roses, tulips and orchids are flowers; in science, flowers make seeds, and bees carry pollen between them; phrases: «a bunch of flowers», «flower bed», «in flower», «wild flowers»

Examples

• She picked 24 flowers. tree →
• She put the flowers in 4 vases equally. tree →
• There are 7 roses and 5 tulips; how many flowers? tree →
• Each bouquet has 6 flowers. tree →
• Bees visit flowers to collect nectar. tree →
• We planted flowers in the school garden. tree →
• The cherry tree flowers in spring. tree →
• Some wild flowers are poisonous, so don't eat them. tree →
• Pictures and flowers were scattered about. tree →

Note

Countable: a flower, flowers. A thing counted and a group name: roses + tulips = flowers. «put in vases equally» divides. Trap: «how many flowers» may mean all the kinds together. Trap: «flower» and «flour» sound the same.

In Jewish tradition

It means the flower-shaped decoration on the golden lampstand in the Tabernacle.

Interpretation. The menorah's almond blossoms are read as a sign of beauty and life in the holy place. The menorah later became a symbol of Judaism.

Examples

• And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof. (Torah EXO.25.34, JPS 1917) tree →
• And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof; (Torah EXO.37.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower. (Torah EXO.37.19, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold; (Writings 2CH.4.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.' (Prophets ISA.40.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (Writings JOB.14.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: a flower, flowers. A thing counted and a group name: roses + tulips = flowers. «put in vases equally» divides. Trap: «how many flowers» may mean all the kinds together. Trap: «flower» and «flour» sound the same.