A garden area, usually a prepared plot of soil, where flowers are planted and grown.
Compound of 'flower' and 'bed'; emerged in English around the 1600s as gardens became more ornamental and structured.
Medieval gardens had 'flowerbeds' arranged in geometric patterns as symbols of order and control over nature—planting flowers in defined beds was a mark of wealth and civilization.
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