strawberry-shrub family
- noun
- /ˈstrɔːbɛri ʃrʌb ˈfæmɪli/
- Specialized
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familia de los arbustos de fresa
- The strawberry-shrub family is known for its sweetly scented bark and appealing flowers.
Examples
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Several species in the strawberry-shrub family are valued in gardens for their fragrant blooms.
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Botanists have discovered rare members of the strawberry-shrub family in remote forests of eastern Asia.
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The strawberry-shrub family includes several aromatic species.
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Did you know the strawberry-shrub family thrives in moist soils?
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Botanists have discovered rare members of the strawberry-shrub family in remote forests of eastern Asia.
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Several species in the strawberry-shrub family are valued in gardens for their fragrant blooms.
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The strawberry-shrub family is known for its sweetly scented bark and appealing flowers.
Synonyms
A family of bushes and small trees with scented bark from eastern United States and eastern Asia
A group of shrubs and small trees with scented bark from eastern North America and eastern Asia
A group of shrubs or small trees with fragrant bark and showy flowers from eastern United States and eastern Asia
Surface Forms
Morphology
strawberry-shrub + family
The phrase names a taxonomic group: 'family' (a grouping) of plants called a 'strawberry-shrub' (a compound of 'strawberry' + 'shrub'). A learner who knows those constituent words can infer it denotes the plant family that includes shrubs called strawberry-shrubs; this follows regular English noun-compounding and scientific naming patterns, so the meaning is directly derivable.
Etymology
Strawberry-shrub family comes from the sweet, fruity smell of some of these plants; people thought the bark and flowers smelled like a strawberry on a small shrub. So the name now means a 'family' of related shrubs with fragrant bark and flowers.
