Platanus wrightii
- noun
- Specialized
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plátano de Wright
- The deeply lobed leaves help identify Platanus wrightii during field studies.
Examples
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The Platanus wrightii provides welcome shade along many Arizona streams.
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Botanists documented a healthy population of Platanus wrightii near the canyon.
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The Platanus wrightii thrives in the Arizona desert.
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Have you seen a Platanus wrightii in bloom?
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The Platanus wrightii is often found growing near rivers in Arizona, where it flourishes in the nutrient-rich soil.
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While hiking, we stumbled upon a large Platanus wrightii that provided much-needed shade from the hot sun.
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A field guide to native trees in Arizona highlights the Platanus wrightii, noting its distinctive lobed leaves and clusters of fruit.
Synonyms
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6.1
A large tree with pale, peeling bark, broad leaves, and round seed balls that gives shade
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9.5
A group of large trees that lose their leaves in winter, like the London plane and American sycamore
A medium tree with deeply cut leaves and small groups of fruit that grows in Arizona and nearby areas
How Tall
Surface Forms
Morphology
Platanus + wrightii
This is a Linnaean binomial: knowing 'Platanus' lets a learner infer it names a type of plane/tree, so part of the meaning (that it is a species of Platanus) is compositionally clear. However, the specific epithet 'wrightii' is a Latinized proper name with no descriptive lexical meaning for a B1 learner, so the full details (native range, size, leaf shape) are not predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Platanus wrightii is the scientific name for a medium-sized tree with big, deeply lobed leaves. The first word, Platanus, comes from a word meaning 'broad' because of the wide leaves, and the second word, wrightii, shows it was 'named after' a person called Wright who helped find or study the tree, so the name points to a broad-leaf tree linked to Wright.