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Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum

9.9
A bushy plant with white leaves and flowers and hairy stems from the Canary Islands
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : margarita de ptarmiciflorum
  • The Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum thrives in well-drained soil and sunny locations typical of the Canary Islands.

Examples

  • Many gardeners admire the Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum for its striking white foliage and delicate blooms.

  • Many gardeners admire the Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum for its striking white flowers and hairy stems covered in dustlike down.

  • Researchers are studying how Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum adapts to arid environments.

  • The Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum thrives in the sunny gardens of Tenerife.

  • Many gardeners love the Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorums for their unique appearance.

  • The Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum thrives best in the warm, sunny conditions found in the Canary Islands.

  • Researchers found that Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum can withstand drought thanks to its specialized leaf structure.

Synonyms

silver-lace
vsChrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
9.9

A small bush from the Canary Islands with white flowers and silvery leaves and hairy stems

is the same meaning but uses the nonhyphenated name form
silver lace
vsChrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
8.2

A small bush with silvery leaves and white flowers

describes leaves as white and plainly downy rather than silvery
Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum
vsChrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bush with silver leaves and white flowers from the Canary Islands

mentions white leaves explicitly as a defining feature

Surface Forms

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum singular
Chrysanthemums ptarmiciflorum plural

Morphology

Chrysanthemum + ptarmiciflorum

This is a Latin binomial: knowing 'Chrysanthemum' lets a learner infer it is a type or species of chrysanthemum, but the specific epithet 'ptarmiciflorum' is technical/Latin and not transparently meaningful to a B1 learner. Species epithets generally do not convey accessible descriptive meaning to non-specialists, so the overall sense (a particular shrubby white-flowered species) is only partially recoverable from the parts.

Etymology

Chrysanthemum ptarmiciflorum mixes Chrysanthemum, a flower name, and ptarmiciflorum, a word linked to 'sneezing'. The plant's hairy, dusty stems and white leaves can make you sneeze, so the name is a handy memory for this dusty white shrub.