Learn flower names, familiar trees and the parts of a growing plant.
Flower names in Spanish
La flor is a flower, and el ramo is a bouquet. A flower’s grammatical gender does not depend on its color.
Add a color after the noun: una rosa blanca.
Trees and plants in Spanish
El árbol is the general word for tree; el arbusto is a shrub. A palmera is a palm tree, not the palm of your hand.
Cactus has the same singular and plural spelling: el cactus, los cactus.
Parts of a plant in Spanish
La raíz grows below the surface; el tallo supports the leaves and flowers. A tree’s main woody stem is el tronco.
The plural of raíz is raíces: the spelling changes from z to c before e.
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Quick answer: flower is la flor, rose is la rosa, sunflower is el girasol, tulip is el tulipán, daisy is la margarita, orchid is la orquídea, carnation is el clavel, lily is el lirio, and bouquet is el ramo.
Flower is flor, a feminine noun: la flor. Its plural is las flores.
Sunflower is girasol. It is masculine: el girasol, los girasoles.
No. Hoja is a leaf and pétalo is a flower petal. Hoja also means a sheet of paper in another context.
The plural is raíces. The z becomes c before e, and the accent stays on í.
A palm tree is una palmera. Palma can refer to the palm of a hand and has other plant-related uses.
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