bog asphodel

9.9

A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in wet bogs

noun

: asfódelo de pantano

The bog asphodel brightened the wet moorland with its vivid yellow flowers.

Examples

In midsummer, clusters of bog asphodel can be found in peat-rich soils.
Botanists monitored the growth of bog asphodel to track changes in the bog’s ecosystem.
The bog asphodel blooms beautifully in the wetlands.
I saw a bog asphodel while hiking in the marsh.
In midsummer, clusters of bog asphodel can be found in peat-rich soils.
The bog asphodel brightened the wet moorland with its vivid yellow flowers.
I saw a bog asphodel while hiking in the marsh.

Synonyms

Narthecium ossifragum

vsbog asphodel

Specialized

9.9

A small plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in wet bogs

is the northern temperate wet habitat herb with yellow flowers and grasslike leaves

European bog asphodel

vsbog asphodel

9.9

A plant with yellow flowers that grows in wet bogs in western Europe

is wider in range occurring across northern temperate wet regions

Surface Forms

bog asphodel singular

bog asphodels plural

Morphology

bog + asphodel

The phrase combines 'bog' (a damp peatland) with 'asphodel' (a plant), so its meaning — an asphodel that grows in bogs — is directly derivable from the constituents. This habitat+species compounding is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Bog asphodel gets its name from the two words bog and asphodel: bog means wet ground and asphodel is a kind of flower, so it literally means an asphodel that grows in bogs. That's why the name fits this yellow, grasslike plant found on wet ground.