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cut flower
noun
- any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cut flower1
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Example Sentences
Think of it as a very large cut flower, where the stand serves as the oversize vase.
He was very vain of his neat appearance, even to the wearing of a fresh-cut flower in his buttonhole.
Nevertheless I find it quite the most beautiful Rhododendron as a cut flower, perhaps just because of these unorthodox qualities.
The unhappy Hook was as impotent as he was damp, and he fell forward like a cut flower.
It is equally or more durable, either on the plant or as a cut flower.
Remember crocuses are of practically no use for cut-flower purposes.
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