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Cheiranthus allionii

Cheiranthus allionii

9.9
A garden plant with bright orange-yellow flowers that lives two or a few years
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Cheiranthus allionii
  • Every summer, the bright blooms of Cheiranthus allionii attract butterflies to the garden.

Examples

  • The gardener planted Cheiranthus allionii along the walkway for its vibrant color.

  • Botanists often debate whether Cheiranthus allionii should be placed in a different genus.

  • Look at that Cheiranthus allionii!

  • What a beautiful Cheiranthus allionii!

  • Every summer, the bright blooms of Cheiranthus allionii attract butterflies to the garden.

  • The gardener planted Cheiranthus allionii along the walkway for its vibrant color.

  • Botanists often debate whether Cheiranthus allionii should be placed in a different genus.

Synonyms

Erysimum allionii
vsCheiranthus allionii
  • Specialized
9.9

A garden plant that has bright orange-yellow flowers in clusters

is the same plant but usually placed in a different botanical genus name

Surface Forms

Cheiranthus allionii singular
Cheiranthus allionii plural

Morphology

Cheiranthus + allionii

The first element 'Cheiranthus' names a plant genus, so a learner who knows that constituent can infer this is a species of that genus (i.e. a plant). The second element 'allionii' is a Latinized epithet/proper name with no independent lexical meaning, and botanical naming conventions may be unfamiliar to B1 learners, so the specific descriptive details of the MWE are not fully derivable.

Etymology

Cheiranthus allionii may come from Greek words and from a person's name. The first part, Cheiranthus, comes from Greek for 'hand' and 'flower' because the petals look a bit like a small hand. The second part, allionii, means 'of Allioni' because the plant was named for the botanist Allioni, so the whole name points to 'Allioni's hand-flower'.