🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

tête de fleur

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tête de fleur

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flower-Head/ˈflaʊər hɛd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La tête de fleur du tournesol suit le soleil tout au long de la journée."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The part of a plant that contains the flowers, typically at the end of a stem.

    "The sunflower's flower-head turns to follow the sun throughout the day."
  2. 2

    A cluster of flowers on a single stem, often used in the context of ornamental plants.

    "The flower-head of the hydrangea is known for its large, round clusters of blooms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'flower-head' combines 'flower,' derived from Old English 'flōr,' meaning the reproductive structure of flowering plants, and 'head,' from Old English 'heafod,' referring to the top or main part of something. The term has evolved to describe the flowering part of a plant, particularly in botany, since the 16th century.

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