wild climbing hempweed
- noun
- US
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mikania
- In tropical forests, wild climbing hempweed often grows up the trunks of tall trees.
Examples
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The wild climbing hempweed filled the garden with a subtle vanilla scent each summer.
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The vine covering the old fence was identified as wild climbing hempweed.
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The wild climbing hempweed grows abundantly in tropical regions.
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Have you seen the wild climbing hempweed around here?
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In tropical forests, wild climbing hempweed often grows up the trunks of tall trees.
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The wild climbing hempweed filled the garden with a subtle vanilla scent each summer.
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The vine covering the old fence was identified as wild climbing hempweed.
Synonyms
A tropical American plant that climbs trees and has flowers that smell like vanilla
A climbing plant with vanilla-scented flowers that climbs up trees
A tropical climbing plant that grows up trees and has small flowers that smell like vanilla
A tropical plant with vanilla-scented flowers that climbs trees
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is fully compositional: 'wild' (growing naturally) + 'climbing' (growing upward or ascending) + 'hempweed' (a plant) yields an interpretable noun phrase meaning a hempweed that climbs and grows in the wild. This standard noun-modifier pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
The noun wild climbing hempweed names a wild plant that really climbs up tree trunks like a 'vine' and has small flowers that smell of 'vanilla'. So the parts wild, climbing, and hempweed help you picture a wild, climbing herb with a sweet, vanilla scent.
