May blob
- noun
- UK
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marsh marigold
- She identified the bright yellow flowers as May blobs during her nature walk.
Examples
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The pond's edge was dotted with clusters of May blob flowers after the heavy rain.
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In spring, the wetlands come alive with May blobs blooming along the stream banks.
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The May blob blooms in early spring.
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I saw a May blob by the pond.
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In spring, the wetlands come alive with May blobs blooming along the stream banks.
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She identified the bright yellow flowers as May blobs during her nature walk.
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The pond's edge was dotted with clusters of May blob flowers after the heavy rain.
Synonyms
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A plant that grows in wet places with bright yellow flowers like buttercups
A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in marshes
A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in wet places like ponds
A plant that grows in wet places with bright yellow flowers like buttercups
Surface Forms
Morphology
The element 'May' provides a clear seasonal cue (suggesting flowering in May), but 'blob' (an indistinct lump) does not indicate a plant, flower shape, or botanical properties, so the full meaning as a swamp plant with yellow buttercup-like flowers is not derivable. Because one constituent gives a useful hint while the other is non-indicative and the name is a conventional species label, the expression is only partially predictable to learners.
Etymology
May blob was named for its time and look: in May the swamp fills with round, bright yellow flowers that sit like little blobs on the water. One popular story says people called the simple round shape a 'blob', so May blob came to mean the yellow swamp flower we see in spring.