codlins-and-cream

9.9

A garden plant with purplish-red flowers and hairy stems and leaves

noun

: epilobio hirsuto

The codlins-and-cream bloomed early in the cottage garden, adding splashes of purplish-red among the greenery.

Examples

Gardeners prize codlins-and-cream for its delicate flowers and unusual name.
In the meadow, we spotted a cluster of codlins-and-cream growing alongside the path.
Look at that codlins-and-cream plant over there!
The codlins-and-cream in my garden are blooming beautifully!
Gardeners prize codlins-and-cream for its delicate flowers and unusual name.
In the meadow, we spotted a cluster of codlins-and-cream growing alongside the path.
The codlins-and-cream bloomed early in the cottage garden, adding splashes of purplish-red among the greenery.

Synonyms

hairy willowherb

vscodlins-and-cream

9.5

A plant from Europe and Asia with purple red flowers and hairy stems that often grows near rivers

is the ornamental garden name used for cultivated or decorative plants

Epilobium hirsutum

vscodlins-and-cream

Specialized

9.9

A tall wild plant with purple flowers and hairy stems that grows in wet places

is the common ornamental name used in gardens and landscaping

Surface Forms

codlins-and-cream singular

codlins-and-creams plural

Etymology

Codlins-and-cream comes from the parts codlin and cream, where codlin was an old word for a 'small apple' and cream is the white dairy food. A helpful way to remember the name is to picture the plant's pale centre and reddish outer petals as a little apple with cream, which explains why this flower has that name.