freesia
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A small plant with a sweet smell and groups of long thin yellow, white, or pink flowers
- noun
- /ˈfriːziə/
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freesia
- For her wedding, she chose freesia flowers for their lovely fragrance and delicate appearance.
Examples
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But on the Sunday evening after the Lehrman-Grossman wedding, it wore a centerpiece of Persian lilies and freesia.
Fiction book (1997) -
She arranged a beautiful bouquet with freesia and daisies for the dinner party.
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- Ah, yes, freesia, freesia.
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All I could see was Allen walking toward me in a parking lot, his arms loaded with freesia.
Fiction book (1992) -
Daddy loves freesia.
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Everywhere freesia.
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The garden was filled with colorful freesia, their sweet scent attracting butterflies.
How Fragrant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Freesia takes its name from the surname of a botanist who first described these sweet-smelling flowers, so the word began as that person's name. Thinking of freesia as the botanist's flower helps you remember it is the delicate, fragrant plant gardeners grow.