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{
"term": "flower",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/fl/flowers.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the coloured part of a plant from which the seed or fruit develops. Flowers usually grow at the end of a stem and last only a short time.",
"sensetop": "in flower",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The plant has a beautiful bright red flower."
},
{
"text": "The roses are in flower early this year.",
"contextForm": "in flower"
},
{
"text": "The crocuses are late **coming into flower**."
},
{
"text": "a flower bud/petal"
},
{
"text": "It has deep pink scented flowers."
},
{
"text": "It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers."
},
{
"text": "The bush was absolutely covered in flowers."
},
{
"text": "The flowers are pollinated by insects."
},
{
"text": "The flowers were still tightly closed."
}
],
"topics": ["Plants and trees"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": [
"bright",
"brightly coloured/colored",
"brilliantly coloured/colored"
],
"… of flowers": ["bouquet", "bunch"],
"verb + flower": ["bear", "have", "produce"],
"flower + verb": ["appear", "go to seed"],
"flower + noun": ["bud", "head", "petal"],
"preposition": ["in flower"],
"phrases": [
"a bank of flowers",
"a carpet of flowers",
"a mass of flowers"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a plant grown or valued for the beauty of its flowers",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a garden full of flowers"
},
{
"text": "The forest floor was a carpet of **wild flowers**."
},
{
"text": "**Flowers were blooming** everywhere."
},
{
"text": "a flower garden/show"
},
{
"text": "The alleys were adorned with banks of flowers."
},
{
"text": "The spring flowers were just coming out."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": [
"bright",
"brightly coloured/colored",
"brilliantly coloured/colored"
],
"… of flowers": ["bouquet", "bunch"],
"verb + flower": ["bear", "have", "produce"],
"flower + verb": ["appear", "go to seed"],
"flower + noun": ["bud", "head", "petal"],
"preposition": ["in flower"],
"phrases": [
"a bank of flowers",
"a carpet of flowers",
"a mass of flowers"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a flower with its stem that has been picked as a decoration",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I **picked some flowers**."
},
{
"text": "cut/fresh/dried flowers"
},
{
"text": "a **bouquet/bunch of flowers**"
},
{
"text": "a **flower arrangement**"
},
{
"text": "He took her flowers and chocolates."
},
{
"text": "I ordered flowers online for her birthday."
},
{
"text": "I sent him flowers to apologize."
},
{
"text": "I'm learning flower arranging."
},
{
"text": "They sell a few pot plants, but they mainly sell cut flowers."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": [
"bright",
"brightly coloured/colored",
"brilliantly coloured/colored"
],
"… of flowers": ["bouquet", "bunch"],
"verb + flower": ["bear", "have", "produce"],
"flower + verb": ["appear", "go to seed"],
"flower + noun": ["bud", "head", "petal"],
"preposition": ["in flower"],
"phrases": [
"a bank of flowers",
"a carpet of flowers",
"a mass of flowers"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the finest or best part of something",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were cut down in the flower of their youth."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflaʊə(r)/",
"audio": "fl/flower/flower__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈflaʊər/",
"audio": "fl/flower/flower__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English flour, from Old French flour, flor, from Latin flos, flor-. The original spelling was no longer in use by the late 17th cent. except in its specialized sense ‘ground grain’ (see flour)."
}