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meadow beauty

meadow beauty

9.1
A wildflower from North America with pink to purple flowers that grows in wet meadows
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : hermosa de pradera
  • The vibrant flowers of the meadow beauty attract numerous pollinators in the summer months.

Examples

  • We spotted a cluster of meadow beauty blooming along the edge of the pond.

  • Botanists are working to conserve habitats where the meadow beauty naturally thrives.

  • The meadow beauty blooms in the spring.

  • I saw a meadow beauty while hiking yesterday.

  • The vibrant flowers of the meadow beauty attract numerous pollinators in the summer months.

  • We spotted a cluster of meadow beauty blooming along the edge of the pond.

  • Botanists are working to conserve habitats where the meadow beauty naturally thrives.

Synonyms

deer grass
vsmeadow beauty
  • US
8.5

A plant that lives for many years with pink or purple flowers in eastern North America

is one wildflower of the genus found in moist meadows and fields
Rhexia
vsmeadow beauty
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of flowering plants with pink flowers that grow in wet places in North America

is a single wildflower within that genus rather than the whole group

Surface Forms

meadow beauty singular
meadow beauties plural

Morphology

meadow + beauty

The noun phrase is compositional: combining 'meadow' (a grassy field) with 'beauty' yields the clear sense of a beautiful thing or plant associated with a meadow. A B1 learner who knows both words (and sees context like 'blooms') can readily infer it refers to a meadow flower, so the meaning is transparently derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Meadow beauty comes from a simple picture: meadow is a grassy field and beauty points to the flower's bright, pretty look. So the name means a pretty 'wildflower' that grows in meadows and wet fields.