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yellow globe lily

yellow globe lily

9.9
A small flower plant from northern California with bright yellow egg-shaped blooms in open clusters
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : lirio globo amarillo
  • The yellow globe lily blooms in early spring along the hillsides of northern California.

Examples

  • Botanists studied the unique habitat of the yellow globe lily during their field research.

  • Many hikers stop to photograph the striking yellow globe lily on their trail.

  • The yellow globe lily blooms in spring.

  • Look at the yellow globe lily!

  • Many hikers stop to photograph the striking yellow globe lily on their trail.

  • The yellow globe lily blooms in early spring along the hillsides of northern California.

  • Botanists studied the unique habitat of the yellow globe lily during their field research.

Synonyms

Calochortus amabilis
vsyellow globe lily
  • Specialized
9.9

A wildflower from northern California that has bright yellow, egg-shaped flowers

is the common descriptive name rather than the Latin species name
golden fairy lantern
vsyellow globe lily
  • US
9.9

A plant from northern California with groups of bright yellow egg-shaped flowers

is the general descriptive name focusing on color and shape rather than local usage

Surface Forms

yellow globe lily singular
yellow globe lilies plural

Morphology

yellow + globe + lily

The phrase denotes a lily that is yellow and has a globe (spherical) form; its meaning is directly composed from 'yellow' (color) + 'globe' (spherical shape) + 'lily' (plant). This descriptive, adjectival-noun combination follows ordinary compositional rules and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Yellow globe lily comes from its bright yellow petals and its round, egg-shaped globe flowers, and because it is a kind of lily, the name simply tells you it is a yellow, globe-shaped flower.