winter flowering cherry
- noun
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cerezo de floración invernal
- Last summer, with the previous paragraph, I stopped and now resume in a wet and mild winter, with the improbable blossom of a winter-flowering cherry in the foreground of my gaze.
Examples
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The garden was beautiful in winter, especially with the bright pink blooms of the winter flowering cherry tree.
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As the snow fell, the winter flowering cherry stood out with its delicate rose-pink flowers.
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Many homeowners plant the winter flowering cherry for its vibrant winter blossoms that bring color to the cold season.
Synonyms
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A tree with showy white or pink blossoms in spring
A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers grown for gardens
A small tree or large bush from Japan grown for its pink flowers
A small Japanese cherry tree with pale pink flowers often grown in gardens
A decorative tree from East Asia that has clusters of pink or white spring flowers
A tree from East Asia with pretty pink or white blossoms in spring
A tree with small pink or white flowers that blooms in spring
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cherry that flowers in winter' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'winter' + 'flowering' + 'cherry' — i.e. a cherry tree/shrub that blooms in winter. This compositional adjective-noun pattern (winter-flowering cherry) is a standard, cross-linguistically common way to describe blooming time, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Winter flowering cherry says exactly what it is: a cherry tree or shrub that flowers in winter. People grow it for its pink blossoms that brighten the garden in cold months, so the name now means a cherry that 'blooms in winter'.