tickseed sunflower
- noun
- /ˈtɪkˌsiːd ˈsʌnˌflaʊər/
- US
:
girasol de semillas de garrapata
- Gardeners often plant tickseed sunflower for its bright yellow blossoms and wildlife value.
Examples
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The wetland was full of blooming tickseed sunflowers in late summer.
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A field of tickseed sunflowers attracted dozens of butterflies and bees.
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The tickseed sunflower blooms beautifully in the summer.
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Many tickseed sunflowers can be found in wetlands.
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A field of tickseed sunflowers attracted dozens of butterflies and bees.
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Gardeners often plant tickseed sunflowers for their bright yellow blossoms and the wildlife they attract.
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The wetland was full of blooming tickseed sunflowers during late summer.
Synonyms
A North American flowering plant with large yellow flowers that grows in wet places
A North American wild plant with large yellow daisy-like flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun–noun compound 'tickseed sunflower' is compositionally transparent: it denotes a sunflower-like plant combining 'tickseed' (an ornamental yellow-flowered plant) and 'sunflower' (a tall yellow-flowered plant). This descriptive, taxonomic naming pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Tickseed sunflower gets its name from the plant's seeds, which cling to fur and clothes like a tick, so people called them tick seeds. Its bright yellow flowers look like small sunflowers, so the name shows the plant's sticky seeds and sunny flowers.
