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wildflower

wildflower

33 2.2
A flower that grows naturally in the wild and people do not plant
  • noun
  • /ˈwaɪldˌflaʊər/
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  • I was driving up today from San Diego and the wildflowers on the hillsides are just beautiful this year.
  • wildflower photography
  • photograph wildflowers
  • grasses and wildflowers

They're great for, you know, wildflower bouquets, quite beautiful.

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Examples

  • Surrounded by trees and fields of wildflowers.

  • I'm picking wildflowers.

  • We can make a garden where every sort of wildflower grows.

  • Well, that's every wildflower from my house to your house.

  • Those wildflowers, they grow up near the lake.

  • When I was a kid, these fields were covered with wildflowers.

  • In early September, the native wildflower display should add a showy backdrop for the facility's animal collection.

    Academic text (2004)
  • There is an abundance of wildlife in the park, and the wildflowers and fungi are plentiful.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The day before Easter, Ipa stood on a hillside gathering bouquets of wildflowers for the sunrise ceremony.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • In the spring, the hills are alive with colorful wildflowers that attract many butterflies.

Synonyms

wild flower
vswildflower
1 1.3

A flower that grows naturally without being planted by people

is the same but written as one word

Antonyms

A plant people grow for food or decoration

How Natural

wildflower
33 2.2
pot plant
  • UK
1 2.8

Surface Forms

wildflower singular
wildflowers plural

Morphology

wildflower = wild + flower (transparent) = wild + flower

The meaning 'a flower that grows in the wild' follows directly from the combination of 'wild' + 'flower' and is clearly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Wildflower is a simple combination of wild ('untamed' or 'in the wild') and flower ('bloom'), so it literally means a bloom that grows naturally without being planted.