cut flower

He was very vain of his neat appearance, even to the wearing of a fresh-cut flower in his buttonhole.

Nevertheless I find it quite the most beautiful Rhododendron as a cut flower, perhaps just because of these unorthodox qualities.

The unhappy Hook was as impotent as he was damp, and he fell forward like a cut flower.

It is equally or more durable, either on the plant or as a cut flower.

Remember crocuses are of practically no use for cut-flower purposes.