climbing hempweed
- noun
- US
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mikania
- The climbing hempweed quickly covered the trunk of the old mango tree.
Examples
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Gardeners often plant climbing hempweed to add fragrance and greenery to their landscapes.
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Botanists are fascinated by the sweet scent of the climbing hempweed flowers.
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The climbing hempweed grows abundantly in tropical climates.
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Have you seen the climbing hempweed in the garden?
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The climbing hempweed is known for its fragrant flowers and ability to climb trees easily.
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During our hike, we spotted climbing hempweed wrapping around a large tree trunk.
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In the tropical garden, the climbing hempweed added a lovely scent with its blooming flowers.
Synonyms
A tropical climbing plant that grows up trees and has small flowers that smell like vanilla
A climbing tropical plant with flowers that smell of vanilla
A climbing plant with vanilla-scented flowers that climbs up trees
A tropical plant with vanilla-scented flowers that climbs trees
Surface Forms
Morphology
climb + hempweed
The noun phrase simply combines the participial adjective 'climbing' (having a climbing growth habit) with the plant name 'hempweed', so the meaning 'a hempweed that climbs' is directly derivable from the constituents. This participle + noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the words would understand the MWE.
Etymology
The plant's name climbing hempweed paints a simple picture: the herb really is climbing up tree trunks, and people thought its leaves or fibres were like 'hemp', so they called it hempweed. That's why the name means a climbing herb often seen on trees with sweet, vanilla-smelling flowers.
