Alpine celery pine
- noun
- New Zealand
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pino de apio alpino
- The Alpine celery pine thrives in the cool, mountainous regions of New Zealand.
Examples
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We spotted several Alpine celery pines growing along the rocky slopes during our hike.
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Botanists are studying the resilience of the Alpine celery pine to extreme weather conditions.
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The Alpine celery pine thrives in cold, mountainous areas.
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Many Alpine celery pines grow along the rocky slopes.
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The Alpine celery pine is commonly found in the high altitudes of New Zealand's Southern Alps.
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During our trek, we admired the unique shape of the Alpine celery pine as it adapted to the harsh alpine environment.
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In alpine regions, the Alpine celery pine provides vital habitat for various native bird species.
Synonyms
A small shrubby pine with scale-like leaves that grows in New Zealand mountains
Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'alpine' and 'pine' reliably signal a pine tree found in high mountain areas, so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer the general idea (a mountain pine). However, 'celery' here is a conventional taxonomic modifier (part of the established name 'celery pine') whose relation to the vegetable 'celery' is not transparently meaningful; plant-name conventions are often non-compositional. Therefore the phrase is only partially predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Alpine celery pine comes from how the plant looks and where it lives: Alpine because it grows in high mountains, celery because its stems and leaves look a little like celery, and pine because it is a small pine-like tree. So the name helps you remember it is a shrubby tree that lives in mountain areas.
