dried flowers

Petals without moisture

Dried flowers are flowers preserved by removing their moisture, typically by hanging them upside down or pressing them.

They retain their shape and some color but become brittle.

Used in arrangements, crafts, and décor when fresh flowers aren't practical: a wreath of dried flowers, She keeps dried flowers from her wedding bouquet.

Opposites
moisture/freshness state

dried flowersfresh flowers

Newly harvested blooms

cut flowers · wilting flowers

vitality/living state

dried flowersgarden flowers

Cultivated decorative plants

flowering plants · wildflowers

authenticity/materiality

dried flowerssilk flowers

Imitation blooms from fabric

plastic flowers · paper flowers

Family

dried, flowers

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G