paradise flower
- noun
- US
:
flor del paraíso
- The paradise flower brightened up the entire garden with its vivid colors.
Examples
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She planted a paradise flower near the window to add a tropical touch to her home.
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The guide pointed out a rare paradise flower during the nature walk.
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The paradise flower blooms beautifully in the summer.
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Have you seen a paradise flower before?
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She planted a paradise flower near the window to add a tropical touch to her home.
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The paradise flower brightened up the entire garden with its vivid colors.
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The guide pointed out a rare paradise flower during the nature walk.
Synonyms
A tropical shrub like a small tree with bright orange, red and yellow flowers grown in gardens
A tropical small tree with bright orange-red flowers grown in gardens
A tropical bush or small tree with bright red and yellow flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'paradise' (a blissful, idyllic place) with 'flower' (a plant bloom), so an intermediate-level learner who knows both words will infer it denotes a kind of flower—likely very beautiful or exotic—associated with paradise. This noun–noun composition is a regular, cross‑linguistic compounding pattern, so the basic meaning (a type of/very attractive flower) is transparently derivable even if the precise botanical identity is unknown.
Etymology
Paradise flower may come from its very bright, tropical blooms that made early visitors think of paradise. That's why the name now means 'a showy, tropical plant'.
