Re: Metaphors and Uusisuom

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>From what I see 'hanti' would actually be a rather useless word in the
>garden.
>It appears to be impossible in your language (given only one word for both
>'live' and 'flower') to describe a flowering plant that, in spite of doing
>otherwise rather well as a plant [beautiful green foliage, climbing
>stalks,
>whatever], has failed in the flowering department.
I agree. WHat about plants that dont have flowers? Do pines "flower" or do
they grow? WHat about plants that do flower, but it's not obvious, such as
grasses?