burr marigold
- noun
- /bɜr ˈmɛrɪˌgoʊld/
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margarita espinosa
- After hiking through the meadow, her socks were covered in seeds from the burr marigold.
Examples
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Gardeners often remove burr marigold to prevent its prickly seeds from spreading.
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The fields were dotted with burr marigold blooming after the late summer rains.
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The burr marigold is a common sight in wetlands.
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I spotted a burr marigold while hiking in the park.
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After hiking through the meadow, her socks were covered in seeds from the burr marigold.
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Gardeners often remove burr marigold to prevent its prickly seeds from spreading.
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The fields were dotted with burr marigold blooming after the late summer rains.
Synonyms
A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to fur or clothes
A plant with yellow flowers and small prickly fruits that stick to fur or clothing
A plant with yellow flowers and prickly seeds that stick to clothes and fur
A plant with yellow flowers whose prickly seeds cling to fur or clothing
A plant with hooked seeds that stick to clothes or animal fur
A plant with small yellow flowers and seeds that stick to fur and clothing
A plant that grows near water with leaves in three parts and small yellow flowers
A North American flowering plant with large yellow flowers that grows in wet places
A North American wild plant with large yellow daisy-like flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a transparent compound: a marigold that has burr-like (hooked, sticky) seed heads, so a learner who knows 'burr' and 'marigold' can infer it refers to a plant with sticky/spiny seeds on a yellow-flowered marigold. This compositional naming pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English compounding, so a B1 learner knowing the constituents would readily understand the meaning.
Etymology
Burr marigold combines burr (a prickly seed that sticks to fur or clothes) and marigold (a yellow flower). The name paints the picture of a plant with bright yellow blooms and spiny seed heads that 'attach to fur or clothing', so it simply describes a yellow-flowered plant whose seeds stick and spread.
