bog star
- noun
:
estrella de pantano
- The bog star is often found growing near ponds and marshy areas.
Examples
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She photographed a cluster of bog stars sparkling in the wet peatland.
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The bog star blooms in the summer.
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Botanists admire the delicate beauty of the bog star during its blooming season.
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I found a bog star near the lake.
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Botanists admire the delicate beauty of the bog star during its blooming season.
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She photographed a cluster of bog stars sparkling in the wet peatland.
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The bog star is often found growing near ponds and marshy areas.
Synonyms
A small long-lived plant with oval leaves and white star-shaped flowers that grows in wet places
A small plant that grows in wet places, with broad leaves and one pale flower like a buttercup
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'bog' indicates the wet habitat and 'star' describes the starlike flowers, so the overall meaning ('a star‑shaped plant found in bogs') can be derived from the parts. Plant-naming conventions like this are common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the referent.
Etymology
Bog star: The plant name bog star comes from where it grows and how it looks. Bog means wet ground and star means its white, star-shaped flowers, so the name tells you it is a plant that lives in bogs and looks like a little star.
