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Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Spring - crossword
It looks like spring has finally arrived.
Are the flowers appearing around you? Which ones?
To celebrate, here is our regular crossword from the BBC: Spring crossword
Blossom means the flower of a plant, so it can be for an individual flower, but it is normally used with lots of flowers on a plant, shrub or tree. A typical example of how English can be so imprecise at times!
Is no. 7 exclusively used in the sense of the definition given in the crossword? I thought it has a more general meaning too.
ReplyDeleteHundreds of Winter Aconites are blooming in my garden! :)
Blossom means the flower of a plant, so it can be for an individual flower, but it is normally used with lots of flowers on a plant, shrub or tree.
ReplyDeleteA typical example of how English can be so imprecise at times!
Saw some snowdrops in Olomouc this morning!
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