Sentence examples for flower names from inspiring English sources
"I'm not very good with flower names," she giggles.
She tells me that only courtesans have flower names and she thinks that's a shame.
That explains the loss of an enormous number of flower names and nature words, starting with "Acorn, allotment, almond, apricot, ash... " and ending with "thrush, weasel and wren".
Both epithets and flower names suggest the power of language to manage, in its own terms, essentially fugitive or mysterious presences (gods have their whims, flowers fade) and yet, at the same time, its impotence in controlling them.
Suddenly flower names are all the rage and Chrysanthemum is seen skipping home to the accompaniment of a rainbow that for once in children's literature feels earned rather than gratuitous.
It had a nice ring to it, it's one of the few flower names that doesn't end in "-y," and I liked the reference to Violet Beauregarde from "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
The coffin was surrounded by white chrysanthemums and Kimjongilia, a flower named after the deceased leader.
Staten Island's official flower, named in 1985, is the pinkster azalea.
Ms. Olisky noted that Patricia Lynn is the first flower named after a Connecticut first lady.
Unlike most political spouses, Patricia Rowland has a flower named after her, a pink alstroemeria christened Patricia Lynn.
It is fitting that Hortense de Beauharnais, named for a flower, also has a flower named after her.
