Definition

Adjective: - Having red flowers: Describes a plant, shrub, tree, or other botanical specimen that produces blooms which are red in color.

Usage

This adjective is used attributively, typically placed directly before the noun it modifies to describe a specific characteristic of a plant. - It specifies the color of a plant's blossoms. - It is a compound adjective formed by combining a color ("red") with the past participle "flowered."

Examples

• The garden featured several red-flowered rose bushes.
• She prefers red-flowered geraniums for her window boxes.
• This red-flowered cactus is native to the region.

Advanced Usage

• Hyphenation: The hyphen is used to link the words "red" and "flowered" when they function together as a single adjective before a noun (e.g., a red-flowered plant). The hyphen may be omitted if the phrase follows the noun (e.g., "The plant is red flowered"), though the hyphenated form is more common and standard in attributive use.
• Comparative Forms: While less common, comparative or superlative forms can be constructed by modifying the color intensity, not the word itself (e.g., "a deeper-red-flowered variety").

Variants and Related Words

• Red-flowering: An alternative adjective with a similar meaning (e.g., a red-flowering currant).
• [Color]-flowered: A productive pattern for forming similar descriptive adjectives (e.g., white-flowered, blue-flowered, yellow-flowered).

Synonyms

• With red flowers: A more descriptive phrase with the same meaning.
• Red-blooming: A near-synonym focusing on the blooming action.

Notes

• This is a specific botanical descriptor. It does not describe the color of other plant parts like leaves or stems, only the flowers.
• The word is not typically used idiomatically or as part of phrasal verbs, as it is a precise descriptive term.

Adjective

1. having red flowers