How to Use flowering plant in a Sentence

flowering plant

noun
  • Bees – all species – impact 35% of food crops and 75% of the world’s flowering plants.
    Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2023
  • This will look like a shoot from an herb, a length of vine, or a stem with a leaf node from a flowering plant.
    Southern Living, 14 June 2021
  • The tiny birds rely on flowering plants as food sources.
    Erin Stone, azcentral, 26 Mar. 2020
  • This type of soluble fiber comes from the husks (seed coat) of some flowering plants.
    Karen Pallarito, Health, 12 May 2024
  • There are more species of flowering plants at your feet than anywhere else in the nation.
    Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Like Hawaii, the high number is driven by the roughly 170 species of flowering plants.
    Grace Manthey, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • This group of about 115 species of flowering plants can catch and digest small insects with their sticky leaves.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • And flowering plants like the witch hazel use spring actuation to launch seeds out of their fruits.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Fun Fact: Lily-of-the-valley is a woodland flowering plant found in the Northern Hemisphere.
    Meena Azzollini, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • Klages said the plants included conifers, ferns and flowering plants.
    NBC News, 2 Apr. 2020
  • After all, flowering plants are just what your winter-weary soul needs this time of year.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The reason this works with most flowering plants is because the plants are attempting to make seeds.
    Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2023
  • The taller plant with the strappier leaves is more than likely a tiger lily — a taller, orange-flowering plant.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2021
  • This moon is named after a pink flowering plant common in the eastern U.S.
    Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Evening primrose oil used in supplements comes from the seeds of the herbaceous flowering plant.
    Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Orchids are the largest and most diverse of the flowering plant family.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Today the landscape is covered in green grasses, tree saplings and flowering plants—all able, for the first time in decades, to flourish.
    Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Climbing vines and flowering plants bloomed in a secluded patio tucked in the rear.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Its name comes from the tamarisk trees on the property, a flowering plant mentioned in the Old Testament and the Iliad.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The swampy lowlands were rich with flowering plants, palmettos and ferns.
    Mike Sager, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
  • This has fooled many species of flowering plants and trees into blooming early.
    Joe Songer, AL.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Some of these flowering plants include bee balms, columbine flowers, daylilies, lupines and petunias.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Angiosperm is the scientific name for flowering plants and refers to the seeds being borne in capsules or fruits.
    Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2024
  • On flowering plants, cut through a bud with a razor blade and examine the flowers inside.
    Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Cloves are a spice that come from a flowering plant and are easy to incorporate into your diet.
    Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Still, the first glimpse of the opulent landscape of palms, cacti, and flowering plants beyond the gates was breathtaking.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2023
  • But many flowering plants have been spotted in fossils, which can be dated.
    Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • This flowering plant is durable and can grow in most environments.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 June 2022
  • The aroma comes from a class of chemicals found in the scents of around two thirds of flowering plants which attract these pollinators.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The grain—which is actually a seed from a flowering plant originating in Peru, where it has been cultivated for 4,000 years—really is a superfood.
    Ana Morales, Vogue, 12 July 2024

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