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one-flowered pyrola

one-flowered pyrola

9.9
A small evergreen plant with a single white flower
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : pyrola de una flor
  • The delicate one-flowered pyrola can be spotted in shaded northern forests during early summer.

Examples

  • Due to its solitary bloom, the one-flowered pyrola is easy to distinguish from other Pyrola species.

  • Botanists studied a patch of one-flowered pyrola thriving along the woodland trail.

  • The one-flowered pyrola blooms in shaded areas.

  • Have you seen a one-flowered pyrola before?

  • Botanists studied a patch of one-flowered pyrola thriving along the woodland trail.

  • Due to its solitary bloom, the one-flowered pyrola is easy to distinguish from other Pyrola species.

  • The delicate one-flowered pyrola can be spotted in shaded northern forests during early summer.

Synonyms

Pyrola uniflora
vsone-flowered pyrola
  • Specialized
9.9

A small evergreen plant with one white flower that grows on the forest floor in cool northern regions

focuses on small size rather than using the term dwarf
Moneses uniflora
vsone-flowered pyrola
  • Specialized
9.9

A small evergreen plant with one white flower at the top

adds that it can be classified sometimes in another genus
one-flowered wintergreen
vsone-flowered pyrola
  • UK
9.9

A small evergreen plant with one white flower that grows in northern woods

positions the flower at the top of the stem rather than at the tip

Surface Forms

Morphology

one-flowered + Pyrola

The phrase is directly compositional: 'one-flowered' means 'having a single flower' and 'Pyrola' names a genus of perennial herbs, so the phrase denotes a Pyrola plant with a single flower. This follows regular modifier+noun compounding in English and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

The name one-flowered pyrola is a simple description: one-flowered means a single bloom on the top of the stem and pyrola names the plant group. So the name tells you it is a Pyrola plant with only one small white flower, which makes it easy to find and recognize.