everlasting flower
- noun
- /ˈɛvərˌlæstɪŋ flaʊər/
:
flor eterna
- An arrangement of everlasting flowers can brighten any space long after summer ends.
Examples
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Gardeners often plant everlasting flowers for use in winter bouquets.
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Dried everlasting flowers added a rustic touch to the living room decor.
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Look at the everlasting flower!
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She loves the beauty of everlasting flowers.
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The everlasting flower maintains its vibrant colors even after it has dried, making it ideal for home decorations.
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She arranged several everlasting flowers in a vase for a beautiful centerpiece that would last for months.
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Using everlasting flowers in her art project, she created stunning decorations that required no maintenance over time.
Synonyms
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8.3
A flower that keeps its shape and color when dried
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9.9
A plant with small flowers that keep their color and shape when dried
A plant with papery flowers often used in dried flower arrangements
A small shrub with white woolly leaves and long sprays of fragrant flowers used for drying
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'everlasting' (lasting a long time / a flower that preserves when dried) combined with 'flower' yields a flower that retains shape and color after drying. This meaning is predictable from the constituents and mirrors straightforward modifier+noun interpretation found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand it.
Etymology
Everlasting flower comes from people noticing that some flowers keep their shape and color after drying, so the flower looks everlasting. That's why the name means a dried bloom used in decoration that seems to 'last a very long time'.