alpine azalea
- noun
- /ˈælpaɪn əˈzeɪliə/
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azalea alpina
- Look at the alpine azalea!
Examples
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The alpine azalea thrives in cold, mountainous areas and produces beautiful rose-pink blossoms.
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In the wild, alpine azalea can form dense mats across rocky slopes.
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Gardeners often choose alpine azalea to add color to rock gardens or alpine beds.
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What a beautiful alpine azalea!
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The garden was filled with vibrant colors from the alpine azalea blooming in the spring.
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During my hike in the mountains, I spotted a patch of alpine azalea thriving among the rocks.
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In high-altitude landscapes, the alpine azalea adds beauty with its delicate rose-pink flowers.
Synonyms
A low evergreen shrub that forms mats on high mountains and has small pink flowers
A low evergreen shrub that spreads on mountain slopes and makes pink flowers
A small evergreen shrub with tiny pink flowers that grows in cold mountain and Arctic areas
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward noun phrase combining 'alpine' (of high mountain regions) with 'azalea' (a flowering shrub), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to an azalea that grows in alpine areas. The composition is literal and follows normal adjective + noun semantics common across languages, making the meaning directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The plant name alpine azalea combines alpine, meaning 'of the mountains', and azalea, meaning 'a small, low-growing flowering shrub'. Imagine a carpet of pink flowers on a rocky slope, so the name means a mountain shrub that grows close to the ground.
