flower
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Her plans for the future include getting a PhD in horticulture and developing a marketplace experience in which shoppers learn about flower preservation, as well as the origins and cultural significance of her beloved blooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
From there it opens up, like a flower bud warming to summer, with acoustic guitar strumming, a gentle rhythm section and a gospel choir echoing with otherworldly lightness.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
In early 2015, flower crowns started appearing on Ed Miliband's head.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dozens of Khan supporters gathered near the private hospital, while others flung handfuls of red flower petals at passing cars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
It had rolling lawns and flower gardens and dense wooded areas.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
Fans had laid flowers and left candles around her star in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles, which was awarded in 1984.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
They also laid flowers and left candles on the star in the heart of Hollywood that commemorates her decades-long career.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I have literally thousands of flowers I haven’t even touched yet,” she laughed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
He also remarked on the "powerful and moving experience" of seeing thousands of Norwegians gather outside the royal palace in the capital Oslo with "flowers, tributes and candles".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He crossed to a bush of white flowers, silver in the torchlight, and tugged at them, pulling and snapping.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
A veil rested on their heads, held by a satin flowered headband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Each generation of banana plants had to grow for at least 12 months before researchers could test them for disease resistance and continue breeding once they flowered.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Still, at the time of the January fires, the semi-deciduous trees had not yet flowered, which likely minimized the damage they suffered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
The titan arum first flowered outside of Sumatra in 1889 in Kew.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025
An older boy—judging by his height and the little bit of scruff on his chin —was in the living room draped over a flowered couch with an open book covering his face.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Essentially they are flowering at a time of year when the bees aren’t there.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
RAU said by digitising its treasure trove of historic records, plants today can be compared with plants pressed hundreds of years ago so any shifts in flowering times caused by climate change can be tracked.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The conservatory posted that it might be a bud, meaning a flowering could come soon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Though many refer to these plants as “flowers,” they are actually an “inflorescence,” a flowering structure containing hundreds of smaller blooms inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Around the edges of the smallest board he carved a tiny flowering vine.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Vocabulary lists containing flower
Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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