redflower

See also: Redflower and red flower

English

Noun

redflower

  1. Alternative form of red flower (a flower which is red, such as one which yields red dye).
    • 1885, Mrs R. Burligh Campbell, “Flora Zeylanica”, in Palm leaves from Ceylon, and other poems, page 8:
      Great redflower rhododendron branches touch the gold
      Of cassia-bloom ; […]
    • 1959, in The Japanese Family Storehouse, page 83 (IV, I):
      'Since I am a dyer by trade', he thought, 'the god's remark about redness must surely refer to redflower dyes.'
    • 2005, L. E. Modesitt (jr.), Scepters: The Third Book of the Corean Chronicles (ISBN: 0765349221), page 512:
      The Regent glanced at the row of daisies, green and seasons from flowering, before turning to light upon the miniature redflower tree in the northwest corner. Her violet eyes darkened. Abruptly, the small red flowers browned, then dropped […]
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:redflower.

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