curly clematis
- noun
- US
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clemátide rizada
- Gardeners in the southern United States often train curly clematis on trellises for a striking display.
Examples
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The curly clematis added vibrant color to the garden with its bluish-purple flowers.
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I admired the delicate petals of the curly clematis climbing along the fence.
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The curly clematis blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many gardeners love the curly clematis for its vibrant color.
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Gardeners in the southern United States often train curly clematis on trellises for a striking display.
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I admired the delicate petals of the curly clematis climbing along the fence.
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The curly clematis added vibrant color to the garden with its bluish-purple flowers.
Synonyms
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A climbing plant with blue-purple flowers grown for gardens
A climbing plant with bluish-purple flowers that grows in wet ground
A climbing plant with blue and purple flowers that grows in the southern United States
A climbing plant with bluish purple flowers grown for its sweet smell
A climbing woody plant from the southern United States with purple or blue flowers and thick parts that curve back
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: a B1 learner who knows 'clematis' (a climbing flowering plant) and 'curly' (having curls or curved shape) will infer that it denotes a clematis with curly/spiraling parts. The modifier-to-noun relation is a common, cross-linguistic descriptive pattern, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Curly clematis comes from how the plant looks: the clematis vine makes long stems that twist and curl, so people call it curly. That's why the name means a 'climbing plant' with bright bluish-purple flowers.