snowdrop windflower
- noun
- /ˈsnoʊdrɒp ˈwɪndˌflaʊər/
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anémona de nieve
- The snowdrop windflower blooms early in spring, brightening woodland areas with its delicate white petals.
Examples
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Gardeners often plant the snowdrop windflower to add fragrance and beauty to shaded gardens.
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We spotted several snowdrop windflowers nodding gently in the morning breeze.
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Look at that snowdrop windflower!
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The snowdrop windflower blooms early in the spring.
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Gardeners often plant the snowdrop windflower to add fragrance and beauty to shaded gardens.
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The snowdrop windflower blooms early in spring, brightening woodland areas with its delicate white petals.
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We spotted several snowdrop windflowers nodding gently in the morning breeze.
Synonyms
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A small white flower that blooms in early spring while snow still covers the ground
A small plant that lives for several years with white, sweet-smelling, nodding flowers often found in woods and gardens
A small garden plant with white, nodding flowers in spring
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is clearly compositional: combining 'snowdrop' (a bell-shaped white spring flower) with 'windflower' (an anemone-type flower) signals a type of flower with snowdrop-like, white/nodding characteristics. Botanical naming by simple compounding is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the general meaning.
Etymology
Snowdrop windflower gets its name from two simple images: the little white bloom that looks like a drop of snow and the way the flower nods and moves in the wind, so people called it a 'windflower'. That's why the name fits this early spring plant with delicate, nodding white flowers.