Viola rostrata
- noun
- Specialized
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violeta rostrata
- Botanists distinguish Viola rostrata from similar species by its noticeably long floral spur.
Examples
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She photographed the delicate lilac-purple flowers of the Viola rostrata during her spring hike.
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The Viola rostrata is often found in moist woodlands throughout the Appalachian Mountains.
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The Viola rostrata blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many gardeners love Viola rostrata for its delicate flowers.
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Botanists distinguish Viola rostrata from similar species by its noticeably long floral spur.
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The Viola rostrata is often found in moist woodlands throughout the Appalachian Mountains.
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She photographed the delicate lilac-purple flowers of the Viola rostrata during her spring hike.
Synonyms
A small purple wildflower from eastern North America with a long thin tube at the back of the flower
Surface Forms
Morphology
Viola + rostrata
This is a Latin scientific name: while 'Viola' indicates the violet genus, 'rostrata' is a Latin epithet not found in general English and does not convey the species-specific meaning to a B1 learner. Scientific binomials and Latinized epithets are specialized and non-compositional for average learners, so the overall meaning is not derivable from the constituent words.
Etymology
Viola rostrata is a name that tells you what the plant looks like: Viola means a 'violet' and rostrata means 'beaked' or 'having a little beak'. The flowers have a long, thin spur that looks like a small beak, so the name helps you remember this violet with a long flower spur.
