He planted flowers in the garden.

Meaning: This sentence describes a person's action of putting plants with colorful parts that produce seeds into an area of land where plants are grown.

Choice of Words: Planted means to put a plant in the ground so that it can grow. Flowers mean the colorful part of a plant that produces seeds. In the garden means in an area of land where plants are grown. When you put them together, "He planted flowers in the garden" tells us that he put plants with colorful parts that produce seeds in an area of land where plants are grown.

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