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chimney plant

chimney plant

9.8
A tall plant with upright stems and blue bell-shaped flowers
  • noun
translation icon : campanilla de chimenea
  • Many gardeners appreciate the chimney plant for its tall, slender flowering spikes.

Examples

  • The chimney plant thrives in well-drained, rocky soils of southeastern Europe.

  • We planted a chimney plant in the garden because of its beautiful blue flowers.

  • The chimney plant blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • I saw a chimney plant in the garden yesterday.

  • Many gardeners appreciate the chimney plant for its tall, slender flowering spikes.

  • The chimney plant thrives in well-drained, rocky soils of southeastern Europe.

  • We planted a chimney plant in the garden because of its beautiful blue flowers.

Synonyms

chimney bellflower
vschimney plant
9.9

A tall plant with bell-shaped blue or purple flowers

is the same idea but uses an alternative descriptive name
Campanula pyramidalis
vschimney plant
  • Specialized
9.9

A tall garden plant from southeastern Europe with many blue, bell-shaped flowers

focuses on upright tower like flowering stems rather than clusters

Surface Forms

chimney plant singular
chimney plants plural

Morphology

chimney + plant

The meaning 'a plant with upright, chimney-like flowering stems' is directly and transparently inferable from combining 'chimney' (a vertical structure) with 'plant' (a living organism). This noun–noun compounding and simple shape/metaphor mapping is common in English (and many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the intended sense even if unaware of the specific species.

Etymology

Chimney plant comes from the plant's tall, narrow flower stems that look like a small chimney rising above the plant's leaves. That's why the name is used for this bellflower with 'chimney-like' flowering spikes.