orange sneezeweed
- noun
- /ˈɔrɪndʒ ˈsniːzwiːd/
- US
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hierba estornudo naranja
- Farmers cautioned that grazing sheep near orange sneezeweed could lead to illness.
Examples
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The field was dotted with blooming orange sneezeweed throughout the late summer.
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She photographed the bright orange sneezeweed along the hiking trail.
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The orange sneezeweed blooms in late summer.
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Farmers in California often deal with orange sneezeweed.
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Farmers cautioned that grazing sheep near orange sneezeweed could lead to illness.
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The field was dotted with blooming orange sneezeweed throughout the late summer.
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In many regions of the western United States, orange sneezeweed is known to cause sickness in grazing sheep.
Synonyms
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A plant with large yellow flowers that grows in dry places in southern California
A plant from western United States with drooping yellow-orange flowers that can poison sheep
A plant that lives many years with drooping orange-yellow flowers that can poison sheep
A plant with bright flowers whose pollen often makes people sneeze
An American herb with bright yellow, daisy-like flowers often called sneezeweed
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward color + noun combination: 'orange' (the hue) modifies 'sneezeweed' (a type of plant), so the phrase means a sneezeweed that is orange in color. The construction follows a common and transparent adjective-noun composition found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Orange sneezeweed may come from a folk use: people dried the plant and used its dust as a powder 'to make someone sneeze', so they called it sneezeweed. The word orange refers to its bright flower color, and that's why the name today points to the orange-flowered plant that can also 'make animals ill'.