Asarum shuttleworthii
- noun
- Specialized
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asarabaca de Shuttleworth
- The leaves of Asarum shuttleworthii have a distinct aroma often compared to ginger.
Examples
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Botanists discovered a rare colony of Asarum shuttleworthii in the Appalachian woods.
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In shaded gardens, Asarum shuttleworthii thrives as a ground cover.
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The Asarum shuttleworthii thrives in shady areas.
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Have you seen the Asarum shuttleworthii in bloom?
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In shaded gardens, Asarum shuttleworthii thrives as a ground cover.
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The leaves of Asarum shuttleworthii have a distinct aroma often compared to ginger.
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Botanists discovered a rare colony of Asarum shuttleworthii in the Appalachian woods.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Asarum + shuttleworthii
Although 'Asarum' names a genus of wild ginger and could signal to a learner that the phrase refers to a plant species, the second element 'shuttleworthii' is a Latinized specific epithet (likely a commemorative surname) with no transparent lexical meaning. Because the overall species identity and descriptive content cannot be derived from the constituent words by a B1 learner, the expression is not compositionally interpretable.
Etymology
Asarum shuttleworthii comes from the group name Asarum, which is used for plants called 'wild ginger'. The second name shuttleworthii is 'named after' a person called Shuttleworth who studied or found the plant, so the full name tells you it is a wild ginger linked to that person.
