Eupatorium capillifolium
- noun
- Specialized
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Eupatorium capillifolium
- Botanists identified the unusual greenish flowers as those of Eupatorium capillifolium.
Examples
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Gardeners often remove Eupatorium capillifolium because it can quickly spread in warm climates.
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The fields were overgrown with Eupatorium capillifolium during late summer.
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The Eupatorium capillifolium thrives in disturbed areas.
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Have you seen the Eupatorium capillifolium blooming this year?
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The fields were overgrown with Eupatorium capillifolium during late summer.
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Gardeners often remove Eupatorium capillifolium because it can quickly spread in warm climates.
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Botanists identified the unusual greenish flowers as those of Eupatorium capillifolium.
Synonyms
A common North American weed with thin, feathery leaves and a strong smell when crushed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Eupatorium + capillifolium
This is a scientific Latin binomial (genus + specific epithet) rather than a common English phrase; the second element 'capillifolium' is not a standard English word (not in the dictionary) and its Latin morphology (capilli = hair, folium = leaf) is unlikely to be known by a B1 learner. Because the term is technical and language-specific, a learner who 'knows the constituent words' in ordinary English would not be able to derive the plant description, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Eupatorium capillifolium gets its second word from Latin: capillifolium comes from capilli and folium, meaning 'hair' and 'leaf', because the plant has very thin, hair-like leaves and small green flower clusters. So the name helps you picture the plant's fine leaves and green flowers.
