flowering shrub
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- noun
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arbusto floreciente
- For her birthday, he gave her a beautiful bouquet from the flowering shrubs in his garden.
- trees and flowering shrubs
There's a lot of grasslands, but there's not a lot of kind of like I guess like low lying places for, for flowering shrubs to grow.
- There's a lot of grasslands, but there's not a lot of kind of like I guess like low lying places for, for flowering shrubs to grow.
Examples
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Arrowwood viburnums are flowering shrubs, bearing a white flower in spring.
Blog text (15) -
The stadium, designed to evoke images of a desert heritage, is built in the shape of a large white tent perched on a hill of lush green lawns, swaying palm trees, and flowering shrubs.
Academic text (2000) -
Growing flowering shrubs requires keeping the plants exposed to full, hot sun, in a raised garden with good drainage.
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Beautiful flowering shrubs all around the border of the house, a living fence, yet not a fence.
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Now the half of the hill close to the city is regularly trimmed, and flowering shrubs line points and paths of access.
Academic text (1993) -
The Oval was a rustic stretch of flowering shrubs and tall trees, designated on the old town maps as Highland Park.
Fiction book (1995) -
Prune flowering shrubs back at least once a year and follow the gardening tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on plant care.
Blog text (15) -
Experiencing an overwhelming need to be with people, I dressed and went to my apartment's roof garden, a beautiful oasis filled with scores of flowering shrubs, trees, and potted plants.
Academic text (2001) -
Around mid-afternoon, he was pushing tiredly through a head-high stand of some purple-flowering shrub when he almost stumbled into the deep abyss of the gully.
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The garden was full of flowering shrubs that brightened the landscape with their vibrant colors.
Synonyms
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A bush with bright, often scented flowers and thorns
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A climbing plant that has sweet-smelling, tube-shaped flowers and is grown to decorate gardens
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A bush that grows roses
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A plant that makes flowers and has seeds inside a fruit
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A bush with large round flowers often in blue or pink
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A small tropical plant with bright hanging flowers that people grow in gardens
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A shrub or small tree with scented, colorful flowers that attract butterflies
A shrub with curving branches and groups of small white flowers, often grown in gardens
A small bush with green leaves all year and daisy-like flowers
A small bush with silver leaves grown to make gardens look bright
A shrub with bright red or orange leaves that gardeners plant to add color to gardens
A small tree or bush with pretty pink and white flowers
A tree with bright pink or white spring flowers often planted in parks
A small tree or shrub with pretty flowers planted in gardens
A small garden tree or shrub with maple-shaped leaves and bright flowers
A tree with bright red or orange flowers that look like flames
A tough bush from the southeast United States with wood that smells like cloves and reddish brown fragrant flowers
A hardy shrub with clove-scented wood and fragrant reddish-brown flowers
A bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or greenish flowers that attract butterflies
A bush or small evergreen tree with shiny leaves and white flowers used as a garden hedge
A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers that bloom in winter
How Decorative
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'flowering' (bearing blossoms) modifies 'shrub' (a small woody plant), yielding 'a shrub that produces flowers.' This adjective+noun pattern is common across languages and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Flowering shrub comes from a simple picture: a shrub that is flowering, a small bush covered in flowers. Because gardeners planted these for their bright blooms, the name now means a shrub 'grown for its attractive appearance'.