shrubby St John's wort
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- noun
- Specialized
- The shrubby St John's wort blooms in late summer with bright yellow flowers.
Examples
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I planted a shrubby St John's wort to add color to my garden borders.
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Gardeners often choose shrubby St John's wort for its hardiness and ornamental value.
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The garden is filled with shrubby St John's wort.
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Have you seen the shrubby St John's wort blooming?
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Gardeners often choose shrubby St John's wort for its hardiness and ornamental value.
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I planted a shrubby St John's wort to add color to my garden borders.
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The shrubby St John's wort blooms in late summer with bright yellow flowers.
Synonyms
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A plant with bright yellow flowers used as a natural medicine and in old stories to keep away evil
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A group of plants with yellow flowers like St John's wort
A stiff shrub with long narrow leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers
A stiff bush with long narrow leaves and clusters of yellow flowers native to eastern North America
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective + plant name composition: 'shrubby' (resembling shrubs) modifies 'St John's wort' (wort = a plant), so the phrase simply denotes a shrubby variety of that plant. The meaning follows standard English modification patterns and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The noun shrubby St John's wort comes from the plant's name: St John's because it often flowers around 'St John's Day', and wort is an old word for 'plant'. The word shrubby shows it grows like a 'small bush', so the full name tells you it is a bushy St John's wort plant.