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alpine gold

alpine gold

9.3
A low plant with small bright yellow flowers that grows on rocky mountain slopes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : oro alpino
  • The bright yellow blooms of alpine gold can be spotted along mountain trails in spring.

Examples

  • She collected samples of alpine gold for her wildflower research project.

  • I spotted an alpine gold on my hike yesterday.

  • Gardeners admire alpine gold for its resilience in rocky, challenging soils.

  • The alpine gold blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • The bright yellow blooms of alpine gold can be spotted along mountain trails in spring.

  • Gardeners admire alpine gold for its resilience in rocky, challenging soils.

  • She collected samples of alpine gold for her wildflower research project.

Synonyms

Hulsea algida
vsalpine gold
  • Specialized
9.9

A small mountain plant that grows in clumps with hairy stems and yellow daisy-like flowers

is the common name used in everyday speech
alpine hulsea
vsalpine gold
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant in small clumps with hairy stems and yellow flower heads that grows in high mountain areas

is a different common name but refers to identical plant

Surface Forms

alpine gold singular
alpine golds plural

Morphology

alpine + gold

The compound is compositionally built: 'alpine' specifies the mountain habitat and 'gold' evokes the golden/yellow colouring or name of the plant, so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a golden/yellow alpine plant. This habitat+descriptor naming pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

The name alpine gold comes from where the plant grows and its colour. Alpine means 'mountain' and gold means 'bright yellow', so the name creates the image of a small mountain plant with yellow flowers.