Antirrhinum filipes
- noun
- Specialized
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Antirrhinum filipes
- The delicate stems of the Antirrhinum filipes wound gracefully through the surrounding brush.
Examples
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During spring hikes, botanists enjoy spotting the bright yellow flowers of Antirrhinum filipes.
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Conservationists are monitoring wild populations of Antirrhinum filipes in desert habitats.
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The Antirrhinum filipes blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Have you seen the Antirrhinum filipes in the garden?
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During spring hikes, botanists enjoy spotting the bright yellow flowers of Antirrhinum filipes.
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The delicate stems of the Antirrhinum filipes wound gracefully through the surrounding brush.
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Conservationists are monitoring wild populations of Antirrhinum filipes in desert habitats.
Synonyms
A climbing plant with yellow flowers that twists around other plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
Antirrhinum + filipes
This is a Latin botanical binomial used as a technical species name rather than a compositional English phrase; such names function as labels and do not yield an everyday, predictable meaning for a B1 learner. 'Antirrhinum' may indicate a genus of flowering plants, but 'filipes' has no dictionary entry here and the Latin morphology is not accessible to typical learners, so the meaning cannot be derived from the parts.
Etymology
Antirrhinum filipes may come from old Latin words: Antirrhinum was the name for a 'snapdragon' because the flower looks like a small nose or mouth that can open, and filipes means 'thread-foot' for its thin, thread-like stems. So the name fits a plant with little snapdragon-like yellow flowers and long stems that twist through other plants.
