Why did the speaker say "バラの花を貰った" instead of just "バラを貰った"?


Here is a conversation excerpt:

> (娘) 初めて貰った花束がお別れの花束なんて悲しい。  
>  (母)この前の誕生日に **バラの花を** 貰ったでしょう。

"バラの花" seems redundant to me. There is no reason to state that a rose is a
flower. Does

> (母)この前の誕生日に **バラを** 貰ったでしょう。

also sound natural?

If "...バラを貰った..." does not sound natural, then my conjecture:  
(-) "バラの花束" definitely means more than one rose.  
(-) Maybe does "バラの花" explicitly means just one rose?  
(-) And, "バラ" by itself could mean one, or many, roses?

**note** : That the daughter had initially received just one rose last year,
instead of a bouquet, was central to the larger discussion that they were
having.




誕生日にバラの花を貰った and 誕生日にバラを貰った are both natural, and people usually imagine
exactly the same thing. Both can mean ether one rose or or a bouquet. In this
sense, yes, ～の花 is redundant.

But many people add ～の花 anyway. It's hard to logically explain why, but
perhaps it's just because it's a very common and nice way of putting it. We
see バラの花 in ads, lyrics and everywhere, and virtually no one wonders if it's
unnecessarily long.




誕生日にバラの花を貰った and 誕生日にバラを貰った are both natural, and people usually imagine
exactly the same thing. Both can mean ether one rose or or a bouquet. In this
sense, yes, ～の花 is redundant.

But many people add ～の花 anyway. It's hard to logically explain why, but
perhaps it's just because it's a very common and nice way of putting it. We
see バラの花 in ads, lyrics and everywhere, and virtually no one wonders if it's
unnecessarily long.

