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beach wormwood

beach wormwood

8.0
A plant with greyish leaves that grows on sandy coasts of eastern North America and is grown in gardens
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : artemisia de playa
  • The coastal garden featured several beach wormwood plants with their distinctive silvery foliage.

Examples

  • Beach wormwood thrives in sandy soils along the eastern seaboard of North America.

  • Many landscapers use beach wormwood as an ornamental due to its attractive greyish leaves.

  • The beach wormwood thrives in sandy soil.

  • Many gardeners love the beach wormwood for its unique appearance.

  • In the coastal garden, the beach wormwood adds a touch of greyish foliage that complements the other plants.

  • Many gardeners use beach wormwood for its ornamental value and its ability to thrive in sandy soils.

  • The beach wormwood flourished under the sun, providing a beautiful contrast to the vibrant flowers nearby.

Synonyms

wormwood
vsbeach wormwood
  • Specialized
5 8.9

A bitter plant with a strong smell used to make medicine and flavor drinks

is a single coastal ornamental plant, not a broad medicinal group
old woman
vsbeach wormwood
  • US
2 9.9

A small plant with grey leaves often grown in gardens

is identical in meaning but differs only by the name used
Artemisia stelleriana
vsbeach wormwood
  • Specialized
9.9

A low plant with soft silvery leaves often grown in gardens near the coast

is the same plant described with greyer rather than silvery leaves

Surface Forms

beach wormwood singular
beach wormwoods plural

Morphology

beach + wormwood

The compound is a straightforward modifier + head construction: 'beach' specifies the habitat/type of 'wormwood', so the meaning (a wormwood that grows on or near beaches) is directly derivable from the constituents. This noun‑noun compounding pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended referent.

Etymology

Beach wormwood comes from a simple picture: beach because it grows by the sea and wormwood because people long ago used 'bitter' plants like this to treat worms. So the name tells you it is a silvery, bitter herb that lives on sandy coasts.