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# flower

noun (flower, flowers); verb (flower, flowers, flowered)

«flower» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A flower is the coloured part of a plant that blooms, like a rose or a tulip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#m1)
2. A flower is a plant grown for its flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#m2)
3. To flower is to make flowers: «The tree flowers in spring». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x1)
- She put the flowers in 4 vases equally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x2)
- There are 7 roses and 5 tulips; how many flowers? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x3)
- Each bouquet has 6 flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x4)
- Bees visit flowers to collect nectar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x5)
- We planted flowers in the school garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x6)
- The cherry tree flowers in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x7)
- Some wild flowers are poisonous, so don't eat them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x8)
- Pictures and flowers were scattered about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/#x9)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/#x3)
- and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold; (Writings 2CH.4.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/#x4)
- The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.' (Prophets ISA.40.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/#x5)
- He cometh forth like a flower, and withereth; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (Writings JOB.14.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flower/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flower.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «flower» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flower/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flower» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flower.html) on Mova free.