maple-leaf begonia
- noun
- South African
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begonia de hoja de arce
- Gardeners often choose the maple-leaf begonia for its attractive leaves and delicate white flowers.
Examples
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The maple-leaf begonia thrives in shaded gardens with well-drained soil.
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She admired the distinctive foliage of her maple-leaf begonia during its blooming season.
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Look at this maple-leaf begonia!
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Wow, a maple-leaf begonia!
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Gardeners often choose the maple-leaf begonia for its attractive leaves and delicate white flowers.
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She admired the distinctive foliage of her maple-leaf begonia during its blooming season.
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The maple-leaf begonia thrives in shaded gardens with well-drained soil.
Synonyms
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A plant with bright flowers and attractive leaves often grown for decoration
A South African flowering plant with rounded leaves that have shallow lobes and small white flowers
A small flowering plant from South Africa with thick underground roots, slightly lobed oval leaves, and small white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
maple-leaf + Begonia
The phrase is compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'maple'+'leaf' will infer 'maple-leaf' as a leaf shaped like a maple leaf, and combining that with 'begonia' yields a begonia with maple-like leaves. This straightforward shape-based modifier+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English compounding, so the meaning is immediately derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Maple-leaf begonia gets its name from the shape of its leaves, which look like a maple-leaf, and because it is a kind of begonia. So the name simply means 'a begonia with leaves like a maple', which helps you remember the plant.