winter-blooming

Thân thiện

A winter-blooming camellia brightens the snowy garden.

Definition

Adjective: - Describing a plant that produces its flowers during the winter season.

Usage

This adjective is used specifically to describe plants whose natural flowering period occurs in the winter months.

Examples

• The jasmine adds a splash of color to the garden when most other plants are dormant.
• She planted several heathers to ensure year-round interest in the border.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in horticulture, gardening guides, and botanical descriptions to categorize plants by their bloom time.
• It can be used attributively (before a noun, e.g., ) or predicatively (e.g., ).

Variants and Related Words

• Winter-flowering: A direct synonym with identical meaning.
• Winter-bloomer (noun): A plant that blooms in winter.
• Hellebore (noun): An example of a genus containing many species.

Synonyms

• Winter-flowering

Antonyms

• Summer-blooming
• Spring-blooming

Học thuật

Adjective

1. of plants that bloom during the winter

Từ đồng nghĩa

• winter-flowering