I, too, always have difficulties calling these thingies flowers! Blossom is actually the prefered term for trees I believe? Some of them just don't look flowery at all.
What caused the rapid fall? Wind?
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026
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I upvoted for the false friend explanation. Thank you for tickling my language nerd gland in such a pleasing way.
l guess I managed to pack two mildly interesting topics into one post by accident. :-)
When a tree sneezes!
Acorn tree.
And those 'blossom-thingies' are called ... flowers.
Does the term "flower" apply to trees, though?
Besides, the dropped stuff seemed only to be a part of the blossoms that I didn't knew the name for.
Rest of the blossom constructs stayed on the tree.
Does the term “flower” apply to trees, though?
Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowering_plant
Besides, the dropped stuff seemed only to be a part of the blossoms that I didn’t knew the name for.
Flower petals.
Maple trees do not produce flowers, but many other types of trees do.
Damn!
Classical "false friend" type error.
The tree is named "Ahorn" in my mother tongue (German). 😆
Do you have a neighbor named Aureliano? If so, check on his family
Not that I know of...
Why?
Is this some kind of insider reference or should l go and have a look at the door bell nameplates of the neighbouring buildings for some reason?