Viola cornuta
- proper noun
- Specialized
:
Viola cornuta
- The garden was filled with blooming Viola cornuta in shades of purple and blue.
Examples
-
Many gardeners choose Viola cornuta for its delicate fragrance and persistent flowers.
-
I planted Viola cornuta along the pathway to add color in early spring.
-
The beautiful Viola cornuta blooms in spring.
-
Look at that stunning Viola cornuta in full bloom!
-
I planted Viola cornuta along the pathway to add color in early spring.
-
Many gardeners choose Viola cornuta for its delicate fragrance and persistent flowers.
-
The garden was filled with blooming Viola cornuta in shades of purple and blue.
Synonyms
A small European flower with a long thin spur that people grow for its bright blooms
A small European flower like a violet with a long tube behind its petals
Surface Forms
Morphology
Viola + cornuta
The binomial name is compositionally transparent in principle (Viola = the violet genus; cornuta is a Latin adjective meaning 'horned'), so the species name literally describes a 'horned' or spurred violet. However, 'cornuta' is a Latin/technical epithet not found in general English dictionaries and thus would not be predictable to an average B1 learner without knowledge of Latin or botanical naming conventions, making the transparency only partial.
Etymology
Viola cornuta comes from Latin words: Viola means 'violet' and cornuta means 'horned', because the flower has a small horn-like tube at the back of the bloom. So the name points to this violet's long horn and helps you remember which plant it is.
