scented flower

collocation in English

meaningsofscentedandflower

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scented
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.tɪd/us
/ˈsen.t̬ɪd/
having a pleasant strong smell, usually because a pleasant-smelling substance has been added ...
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flower
noun[C]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell, or the type of plant that ...
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(Definition ofscentedandflowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The stronglyscentedflowerhead grows at the end of a slender green stem.
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Thescentedfloweralso produces a light to dark amber honey depending on the district.
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These could indicate honey-based mead or flavoured ale, or might suggest the plant placed on the grave as ascentedflower.
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One need only go to a garden designed for the blind to realise the beauty of scented flowers.
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Growing to, it has a spreading habit, with stalkless toothed leaves and bright purple or magenta, scented flowers in summer.
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The strongly scented flowers are either lilac, pink-purple, magenta, or a rare white, all 46 mm long and produced in clusters.
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The large clusters of scented flowers appear in spring, mauve to lilac to magenta-blue in color.
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Some are important timber trees; others have edible fruits (such as duku and langsat), scented flowers, or medicinal properties.
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The delicately scented flowers are 24 cm in diameter, borne singly on short slender stems.
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The small, white, scented flowers appear in spring.
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The 10cm-wide scented flowers emerge in early spring before the leaves.
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Then the snake (shesh) is worshipped with scented flowers, oil lamp and incense sticks.
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During flowering, the branches are full clustered, yellowish, and strong scented flowers.
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The sweetly scented flowers are pinkish white, borne in spring, and followed later in the season by red fruits ripening to black.
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