Anagyris foetida
- noun
- Specialized
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Anagyris foetida
- When the leaves of Anagyris foetida are crushed, they release a strong, unpleasant odor that can be quite overwhelming.
Examples
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In Mediterranean gardens, Anagyris foetida is grown occasionally despite its unpleasant odor.
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Botanists studied the strange smell produced when Anagyris foetida leaves were crushed.
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The Anagyris foetida shrub can be identified by its backward curving seed pods.
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The Anagyris foetida is known for its strong smell.
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Have you ever seen an Anagyris foetida plant?
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Although Anagyris foetida is often admired for its yellow flowers, many gardeners avoid it due to the foul smell it produces.
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The distinct aroma of crushed Anagyris foetida leaves makes it easy to identify this Mediterranean shrub in the wild.
Synonyms
A shrub with leaves in three parts, yellow flowers, and curving seed pods that smells bad when crushed
A small bush with three leaves and yellow flowers that smells bad when crushed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Anagyris + foetida
The compound is compositional: 'Anagyris' is a shrub genus and 'foetida' is the Latin adjectival form of 'fetid'/'foetid' meaning foul-smelling, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it names a smelly Anagyris species. While the full botanical details (trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers) are specialized, the core meaning (a smelly shrub of that genus) is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Anagyris foetida has leaves that give a strong, bad smell when crushed. The second word foetida means 'stinking', so the name is a simple clue that the plant 'smells bad'.
