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# florist

«florist» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who sells and arranges flowers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a florist, florists)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who sells and arranges flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#m1)

2) A shop that sells flowers (often «the florist's»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you buy bouquets at a florist for birthdays, Mother's Day or get-well wishes. Maths problems often use florists: bunches of flowers, prices, how many roses in each bunch.

### examples

- We bought tulips at the florist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#x1)
- The florist made a lovely bouquet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#x2)
- My aunt works as a florist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#x3)
- The florist's shop smells of roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#x4)
- The florist sells roses at two pounds each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#x5)
- A florist puts 12 roses in every bunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/#x6)

### note

Countable. UK: «the florist's» = the shop. Pronounced FLORR-ist. In maths: total flowers = number of bunches × flowers per bunch.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «florist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/florist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.