Fritillaria agrestis
- proper noun
- Specialized
:
fritilaria agreste
- Farmers consider Fritillaria agrestis a persistent weed among their crops.
Examples
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Botanists often find Fritillaria agrestis thriving in disturbed soil near California’s grainfields.
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Fritillaria agrestis is known for its strong, unpleasant odor that deters grazing animals.
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The Fritillaria agrestis is often mistaken for other wildflowers.
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Have you seen a Fritillaria agrestis in bloom?
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Fritillaria agrestis emits a foul smell that makes it unappealing to livestock and other animals.
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In rural California, Fritillaria agrestis can often be spotted growing abundantly in grainfields.
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Many farmers are frustrated by the presence of Fritillaria agrestis in their fields due to its strong odor.
Synonyms
A smelly weed with bell-shaped flowers that grows in fields of grain
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a compositional Latin binomial: 'Fritillaria' names the genus (a flowering plant) and 'agrestis' means 'growing in fields', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to a Fritillaria that grows in fields. Extra details in the dictionary definition (malodorous, native to California, weed status) are not directly derivable from the parts, but the core referent is transparently built from the constituents.
Etymology
Fritillaria agrestis: The plant name Fritillaria agrestis comes from Latin words: Fritillaria may come from 'fritillus', a small dice box because some fritillaria flowers have a check pattern, and agrestis means 'of the fields'. So the name fits a wild plant that often grows as a weed in grainfields and smells bad.
