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Platymiscium pinnatum

Platymiscium pinnatum

9.9
A large shrub from Colombia with leaves made of many leaflets and fragrant yellow flowers
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The fragrant yellow flowers of Platymiscium pinnatum attract many pollinators.

Examples

  • The wood of Platymiscium pinnatum is valued for its strength and beauty.

  • The large pinnate leaves of Platymiscium pinnatum provide shade in the garden.

  • Botanists discovered a thriving Platymiscium pinnatum population in the remote forest.

  • The Platymiscium pinnatum thrives in tropical climates.

  • Look at the Platymiscium pinnatum!

  • Botanists discovered a thriving Platymiscium pinnatum population in the remote forest.

  • The fragrant yellow flowers of Platymiscium pinnatum attract many pollinators.

Synonyms

Panama redwood
vsPlatymiscium pinnatum
  • US
9.9

A large Colombian shrub with big divided leaves and yellow scented flowers

also mentions sizable leaflets which the other description omits
Panama redwood tree
vsPlatymiscium pinnatum
  • US
9.2

A large shrub from Colombia with big divided leaves and clusters of yellow flowers that smell sweet

adds sizable leaflets and uses general flower clusters rather than technical racemes

Surface Forms

Platymiscium pinnatum singular
Platymiscium pinnatums plural

Morphology

Platymiscium + pinnatum

This is a scientific Latin binomial rather than a compositional English phrase: genus + specific epithet function as an arbitrary label and do not form a meaning predictably derivable by learners. The second element 'pinnatum' is not a common English word (and would require botanical/Latin knowledge to link to 'pinnate' leaves), so a B1 learner who only knows the listed constituents would not be able to infer the MWE's full meaning.

Etymology

Platymiscium pinnatum comes from two old word parts: platy meaning 'broad' and pinnatum meaning 'feathered', which refers to its many leaflets. So the name gives an easy picture, a large shrub with wide, feather-like leaves and fragrant yellow flowers.