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Erysimum cheiri

Erysimum cheiri

9.9
A plant with bright yellow or orange fragrant flowers that often grows on old walls
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Erysimum cheiri
  • The old stone wall was covered with blooming Erysimum cheiri in the spring.

Examples

  • You can smell the scent of Erysimum cheiri from several meters away when it is in full bloom.

  • Gardeners often plant Erysimum cheiri for its vibrant yellow and orange flowers.

  • The Erysimum cheiri blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Is Erysimum cheiri the same as the wallflower?

  • Many people enjoy the fragrant yellow flowers of Erysimum cheiri in their gardens.

  • The cliffs were adorned with the bright orange blooms of Erysimum cheiri during the summer.

  • In spring, the walls of the old castle were alive with the colorful blossoms of Erysimum cheiri.

Synonyms

wallflower
vsErysimum cheiri
2 6.0

A small plant with a sweet smell and yellow or orange blooms that grows on old walls

is the specific species name for this plant rather than a general common name
Cheiranthus cheiri
vsErysimum cheiri
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that lives for many years with fragrant yellow or orange flowers that often grows on old walls

is the accepted scientific name rather than the older genus name

Surface Forms

Erysimum cheiri singular
Erysimum cheiri plural

Morphology

Erysimum + cheiri

This is a Latin scientific name (binomial) rather than a compositional English phrase; 'Erysimum' is a genus label and 'cheiri' is not a recognisable English word, so their literal meanings do not yield 'wallflower' to a B1 learner. Scientific names function as arbitrary labels whose meaning must be learned or translated rather than derived from constituent words, so the expression is not transparently interpretable from its parts.

Etymology

Erysimum cheiri is the scientific name for the common 'wallflower'. The name comes from the picture of a small, bright flower growing on an old wall, so it now means a fragrant yellow or orange plant that often grows on walls and cliffs.