Vaccaria pyramidata
- noun
- UK
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Vaccaria pyramidata
- Gardeners sometimes cultivate Vaccaria pyramidata for its delicate rose-colored blooms.
Examples
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Vaccaria pyramidata often grows along the edges of fields, showcasing its pale rose-colored flowers.
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Vaccaria pyramidata can often be found growing wild along roadsides and in grain fields.
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This region has reported an increase in Vaccaria pyramidata since the introduction of new crops.
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The Vaccaria pyramidata blooms beautifully in the summer.
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I found a patch of Vaccaria pyramidata in the garden.
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Many farmers consider Vaccaria pyramidata a weed because it can thrive in grain fields.
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I saw a lovely display of Vaccaria pyramidata while walking in the botanical garden.
Synonyms
A small European plant with pale pink flowers often grown in gardens or found in grain fields
A small European annual plant with pale pink flowers that often grows as a weed in grain fields
A small European annual wildflower with pale rose-colored blooms often in grain fields and gardens
An annual plant from Europe with pale pink flowers often grown in gardens and sometimes a weed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Vaccaria + pyramidata
The name is a Linnaean binomial: 'Vaccaria' is explicitly a flowering-plant genus, so a learner who knows that would infer this is a plant species. However, the species epithet 'pyramidata' is not glossed here (and is a Latin form), and the detailed sense in the definition (annual, flower colour, ornamental/weed status, geographic distribution) cannot be derived from the constituents, so the meaning is only partially predictable.
Etymology
Vaccaria pyramidata may come from Latin words that describe the plant: Vaccaria from 'vacca' meaning 'cow' because people once linked the plant with grazing animals, and pyramidata meaning 'pyramid-shaped' for its small, pointed seed heads. So the name helps you picture a plant tied to cows with little pyramid-like seed pods.
