rush rose
- noun
- US
:
rosa de pradera
- The rush rose blooms each spring with bright yellow flowers.
Examples
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Botanists are studying the habitat needs of the rush rose in southeastern woodlands.
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She photographed a rare rush rose growing along the trail.
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The rush rose blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many gardeners love the rush rose for its vibrant colors.
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She photographed a rare rush rose growing along the trail.
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The rush rose blooms each spring with bright yellow flowers.
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Botanists are studying the habitat needs of the rush rose in southeastern woodlands.
Synonyms
A woody plant with bright yellow flowers that lives for many years and grows in the southeastern United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
As a noun–noun compound, a B1 learner who knows 'rush' and 'rose' can infer this refers to a kind of plant related to or resembling a rush and involving a rose (so they would likely identify it as a plant). However, the specific botanical sense (a particular woody perennial from the southeastern U.S. with yellow flowers) and its exact properties are not directly predictable from the constituents, making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
Rush rose may come from the way this shrub grows and looks: the word rush points to thin, grass-like plants or wet places where it often grows, and rose shows it is a flowering shrub. That's why rush rose now means 'a woody plant with bright yellow flowers'.
