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🌳 A large shrub 🪵 A hard wood
Panama redwood

Panama redwood

9.9
A large Colombian shrub with big divided leaves and yellow scented flowers
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : madera roja de Panamá
  • The Panama redwood is prized for its tall stature and showy yellow flowers.

Examples

  • The Panama redwood is known for its fragrant yellow flowers.

  • The botanical garden features a stunning Panama redwood in its South American collection.

  • Researchers studied the medicinal properties of extracts taken from the Panama redwood.

  • Many gardeners love the Panama redwood for its beautiful foliage.

  • In the rainforest, the Panama redwood can grow up to fifteen feet tall, featuring stunning clusters of fragrant yellow flowers.

  • The Panama redwood is often admired in gardens for its large pinnate leaves and beautiful yellow blooms.

  • Visitors to the park were captivated by the aromatic yellow flowers of the Panama redwood, which attract numerous pollinators.

Synonyms

Platymiscium pinnatum
vsPanama redwood
  • Specialized
9.9

A large shrub from Colombia with leaves made of many leaflets and fragrant yellow flowers

is the broader description without the extra leaflet detail
Panama redwood tree
vsPanama redwood
  • US
9.2

A large shrub from Colombia with big divided leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that smell sweet

uses a general word for grouped flowers rather than a technical term

Surface Forms

Panama redwood singular
Panama redwoods plural

Morphology

Panama + redwood

The noun is a straightforward place-name + noun compound: 'Panama' modifies 'redwood' to indicate a redwood associated with Panama (a particular variety or origin). Place-name + material compounds are compositional and common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the basic meaning.

Etymology

Panama redwood may come from early plant traders who sent a showy shrub through Panama and noticed its wood or stems had a deep red color, so they used redwood in the name. So today the name refers to this large, fragrant 'shrub' with strong, reddish stems.