flowering almond
- noun
:
almendro en flor
- The landscape was transformed by the vibrant colors of the flowering almond, which decorated the yard with its stunning blossoms.
Examples
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Many people admire the flowering almond for its delicate white flowers that bloom early in the season.
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I look up to find Edith there, handing a spray of flowering almond across the fence.
Fiction book (2000) -
Enough space for you to plant geraniums, flowering almonds, and myrtle like your garden back home.
Fiction book (2002) -
In spring, the flowering almond tree blooms with beautiful pink flowers, attracting many visitors to the garden.
Synonyms
A small Chinese shrub grown for its red, pink, or white flowers and small red fruit
A small decorative bush from China with many pink, red, or white flowers
A small Chinese tree or shrub that people grow for its pink and white spring flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a literal composition of 'flowering' (bearing blossoms) modifying 'almond' (the almond tree), so the phrase describes an almond tree/shrub in bloom. This adjective+noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Flowering almond: The name flowering almond comes from the simple picture of an almond plant that is flowering, covered in many pink or white blooms. Gardeners used this phrase for small almond shrubs grown for their pretty flowers rather than for nuts, so today it means 'a small shrub or tree grown for its pretty flowers'.
