Rhododendron viscosum
- noun
- Specialized
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Rhododendron viscosum
- The Rhododendron viscosum thrives in moist, acidic soils found in woodland swamps.
Examples
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Gardeners appreciate Rhododendron viscosum for its fragrant, honeysuckle-like blossoms in the late spring.
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We spotted a cluster of Rhododendron viscosum near the edge of the marsh.
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The Rhododendron viscosum blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Have you ever seen a Rhododendron viscosum in the wild?
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Gardeners appreciate Rhododendron viscosum for its fragrant, honeysuckle-like blossoms during the late spring.
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The Rhododendron viscosum thrives in the wet, acidic soils of eastern United States swamps.
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We discovered a cluster of Rhododendron viscosum while walking along the marsh's edge.
Synonyms
A shrub that grows in wet ground and has small white or pink flowers
A bush that loses its leaves and grows in eastern United States swamps with small pink or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Rhododendron + viscosum
This is a Latin binomial scientific name (genus + species) rather than a compositional English phrase; the constituents are not English lexical items with transparent meanings for a B1 learner. As a proper taxonomic label referring to a specific shrub, its semantic content cannot be derived from the parts without botanical/Latin knowledge, so the expression is not inferable from its constituents.
Etymology
Rhododendron viscosum comes from old Greek and Latin words. The word Rhododendron means 'rose-tree' because its flowers look like roses, and viscosum means 'sticky', so the name describes a rose-like shrub with sticky parts.
