Hordeum jubatum
- noun
- Specialized
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Hordeum jubatum
- Gardeners often plant Hordeum jubatum for its striking, silky flower heads that wave in the breeze.
Examples
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The delicate awns of Hordeum jubatum shimmer beautifully in the summer sunlight.
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In some regions, Hordeum jubatum grows wild along roadsides and open meadows.
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Look at that stunning Hordeum jubatum over there!
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I saw a beautiful Hordeum jubatum in the garden.
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Gardeners often plant Hordeum jubatum for its striking, silky flower heads that wave in the breeze.
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The delicate awns of Hordeum jubatum shimmer beautifully in the summer sunlight.
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In some regions, Hordeum jubatum grows wild along roadsides and open meadows.
Synonyms
A grass with long, silky seed heads like a fox tail, often grown for decoration or seen as a weed
A grass with long soft feathery flower heads often grown to look nice
A grass with feathery flower heads and long silky hairs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Hordeum + jubatum
This is a Latin binomial scientific name: while 'Hordeum' indicates the barley/genus-of-grasses category (providing a partial cue), 'jubatum' is not an English lexical item and conveys specialized botanical meaning that a B1 learner would not know or derive. Taxonomic names function as labels rather than compositional English phrases, so the full species meaning is not predictable from the constituents for a typical learner.
Etymology
Hordeum jubatum comes from old Latin words: Hordeum meant 'barley' and jubatum meant 'with a mane'. The name paints a picture of the plant's long, silky flower hairs that look like a flowing mane, so it fits this ornamental barley with showy, hair-like heads.
