hot water plant
- noun
:
planta de agua caliente
- Gardeners prize the hot water plant for its vibrant, bell-shaped blooms during the summer.
Examples
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The hot water plant thrives in bright, indirect sunlight and well-drained soil.
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You can propagate a hot water plant easily from its small underground rhizomes.
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The hot water plant blooms beautifully in the summer.
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I bought a hot water plant for my garden.
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Gardeners prize the hot water plant for its vibrant, bell-shaped blooms during the summer.
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The hot water plant thrives in bright, indirect sunlight, making it ideal for indoor gardens.
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You can easily grow a hot water plant in a pot to enjoy its stunning flowers year-round.
Synonyms
A tropical perennial plant with showy bell-shaped flowers grown for decoration
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a transparent composition: 'hot water' clearly denotes heated water and 'plant' denotes an industrial facility, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer a facility that produces/supplies hot water. This noun-noun combination follows regular compounding patterns and has direct parallels in many languages, making the meaning predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Hot water plant may come from a gardening trick. One popular story says gardeners used to soak the plant's small underground roots in warm water to help them sprout, so the name links the plant to 'hot water' and to its quick, bright blooms.
