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Clematis tangutica

Clematis tangutica

9.7
A climbing plant with yellow lantern-shaped flowers that people grow in gardens
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Clemátide tangutica
  • The Clematis tangutica in her garden bloomed with bright yellow, lantern-shaped flowers throughout the summer.

Examples

  • Unlike other varieties, Clematis tangutica is prized for its long-lasting seed heads as well as its blooms.

  • Gardeners often train Clematis tangutica to grow along fences and trellises for its striking appearance.

  • The Clematis tangutica blooms beautifully in the summer.

  • I planted a Clematis tangutica in my garden last spring.

  • Gardeners often train Clematis tangutica to grow along fences and trellises for its striking appearance.

  • The Clematis tangutica in her garden bloomed with bright yellow, lantern-shaped flowers throughout the summer.

  • Unlike other varieties, Clematis tangutica is prized for its long-lasting seed heads as well as its blooms.

Synonyms

golden clematis
vsClematis tangutica
8.1

A climbing plant from China with toothed leaves and large yellow flowers used in gardens

is the scientific botanical name used in formal plant identification

Surface Forms

Clematis tangutica singular
Clematis tanguticas plural

Morphology

clematis + tangutica

The head noun 'clematis' names a flowering climbing plant, and the second element functions as a specific epithet/descriptor (indicating a particular variety or origin). Latin binomial naming is a regular compositional pattern in scientific names, so a learner who knows both constituents would readily infer this refers to a particular species/variety of clematis.

Etymology

Clematis tangutica gets its name from two parts: Clematis, from a Greek word meaning 'vine', and tangutica, meaning 'from Tangut', an old area of China. So the name gives an image of a climbing plant from that region, which fits the plant's yellow flowers and the way gardeners grow it on fences and trellises.