Definition

Adjective: - (Of plants) having white flowers: Describes a plant that produces blooms which are white in color.

Usage

This adjective is used specifically to describe the characteristic flower color of a plant. It typically precedes the noun it modifies. - It is a compound adjective formed by combining a color ("white") with the past participle "flowered."

Examples

• The garden featured several white-flowered clematis vines.
• She prefers white-flowered varieties of jasmine for their evening scent.
• Botanists discovered a new, white-flowered species in the rainforest.

Advanced Usage

• Often used in horticultural, botanical, and gardening contexts to classify and describe plants.
• Can be used in comparative descriptions: "The white-flowered form is more common than the pink one."

Variants and Related Words

• White-flowering: An alternative adjective with the same meaning (e.g., white-flowering dogwood).
• -flowered: A combining form used with other colors (e.g., red-flowered, blue-flowered, yellow-flowered).

Synonyms

• Albiflorous: (Technical/Botanical) Bearing white flowers.

Notes

• "White-flowered" is a fixed compound adjective. Do not confuse it with the separate phrase "white flowers," which is a noun phrase.
• This word describes a permanent or typical characteristic of the plant, not a temporary state.

Adjective

1. (of plants) having white flowers