kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
- noun
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beso-en-la-puerta-del-jardín
- The kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate in her backyard bloomed with vibrant crimson flowers all summer.
Examples
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Gardeners appreciate kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate for its decorative, drooping spikes that attract butterflies.
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He planted kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate along the fence to add a splash of color to the garden.
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The kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate blooms beautifully in summer.
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I planted kiss-me-over-the-garden-gates along the fence.
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Gardeners appreciate kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate for its decorative, drooping spikes that attract butterflies.
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The kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate in her backyard bloomed with vibrant crimson flowers all summer.
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He planted kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate along the fence to add a splash of color to the garden.
Synonyms
An annual plant with wide oval leaves and thin hanging spikes of red flowers called prince's-feather
An annual plant with broad rounded leaves and long thin clusters of red hanging flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate = kiss + me + the + garden + gate (opaque) = over + kiss + me + the + garden + gate
Although the components are literal words, the multiword phrase names a plant by association and the plant meaning is not predictable from the phrase alone. [Postprocessing: moved 'over' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate is a playful name made of the parts kiss, garden, and gate because the plant's long, drooping flowers often grow 'over the garden gate'. One popular story says people imagined it as a hiding place for a secret kiss, which is an easy image to remember that this is a tall, decorative garden plant with bright, hanging flower spikes.
