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Sium suave

Sium suave

9.9
A sturdy water plant with white flowers that grows by ponds and streams
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Sium suave is commonly found along the edges of ponds and slow-moving streams.

Examples

  • The delicate white flowers of Sium suave bloom in midsummer.

  • Local botanists are studying the growth patterns of Sium suave in different water conditions.

  • Look at the beautiful Sium suave flowers blooming!

  • The Sium suave is often found in wetlands.

  • Sium suave is commonly found along the edges of ponds and slow-moving streams.

  • Local botanists are studying the growth patterns of Sium suave in different water conditions.

  • The delicate white flowers of Sium suave bloom in midsummer.

Synonyms

water parsnip
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  • Specialized
8.7

A plant with white flowers that grows in shallow fresh water

is the same plant expressed with a more formal name

Surface Forms

Sium suave singular
Sium suaves plural

Morphology

Sium + suave

This is a Latin binomial (scientific) name rather than a compositional English phrase, so knowing the English adjective 'suave' or an unfamiliar noun 'Sium' does not let a B1 learner infer the specific plant description. Species epithets are lexicalized names with language-specific conventions and unpredictable meanings for general learners, making the expression non-compositional and not derivable from its parts.

Etymology

Sium suave may come from an old word for a water plant, Sium, plus the Latin word suave, which means 'sweet' or 'pleasant'. So imagine a stout, white-flowered plant at the edge of a pond with a gentle smell, and that's why Sium suave today means this kind of freshwater plant.