Lysimachia nemorum

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A low trailing plant that keeps its leaves all year and has yellow flowers

noun

Specialized

: Lysimachia nemorum

The shady woodland path was lined with Lysimachia nemorum, its yellow blossoms catching the sunlight.

Examples

Gardeners often plant Lysimachia nemorum as ground cover in moist, shaded areas.
The garden was full of Lysimachia nemorum blooming beautifully.
Botanists identified the trailing plant as Lysimachia nemorum, commonly known as yellow pimpernel.
Have you ever seen Lysimachia nemorum in the wild?
Gardeners often plant Lysimachia nemorum as ground cover in moist, shaded areas.
The shady woodland path was lined with Lysimachia nemorum, its yellow blossoms catching the sunlight.
Botanists identified the trailing plant as Lysimachia nemorum, commonly known as yellow pimpernel.

Synonyms

yellow pimpernel

vsLysimachia nemorum

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A low trailing evergreen plant with small yellow flowers that grows in damp woods

is the scientific name for the same plant rather than the common name

Surface Forms

Lysimachia nemorum singular

Lysimachia nemorum plural

Morphology

Lysimachia + nemorum

This is a Latin scientific binomial (a proper name) rather than a compositional English phrase; knowing 'Lysimachia' as a plant genus does not allow a B1 learner to infer the specific species meaning 'yellow pimpernel', and 'nemorum' is a Latin epithet (not a known English word). Scientific names function as arbitrary labels and are not transparently built from ordinary English constituents, so the meaning is not derivable without prior exposure or translation.

Etymology

Lysimachia nemorum The name Lysimachia probably comes from a Greek king called Lysimachus, because old stories link him with healing plants and people used his name for the yellow flowers. The Latin word nemorum means 'of the woods', so the whole name points to a yellow pimpernel that grows in shady woods.