Rubus strigosus
- noun
- /ˈruːbəs ˈstrɪɡəsəs/
- Specialized
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frambuesa roja
- Many gardeners cultivate Rubus strigosus for its sweet and flavorful berries.
Examples
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Wild Rubus strigosus plants grow abundantly in the forests of eastern Canada.
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Botanists distinguish Rubus strigosus from its European relatives by examining the plant’s stem hairs.
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The Rubus strigosus plant thrives in sunny areas.
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Many gardeners prefer Rubus strigosus for its sweet berries.
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Many gardeners cultivate Rubus strigosus for its sweet and flavorful berries.
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Wild Rubus strigosus plants grow abundantly in the forests of eastern Canada.
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The Rubus strigosus plant thrives in sunny areas.
Synonyms
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A bush or its small soft red fruit that people eat
A bush native to North America that produces small red berries you can eat
A North American raspberry plant that makes small sweet red fruits you can eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Rubus + strigosus
This is a Latin taxonomic binomial: 'Rubus' is a genus name and 'strigosus' is not an ordinary English word, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would not be able to derive the species meaning 'North American red raspberry'. Scientific names function as arbitrary labels rather than compositional phrases, making the sense unpredictable from the parts.
Etymology
Rubus strigosus comes from Latin and gives a small picture of the plant: Rubus means a bramble or raspberry bush and strigosus means 'bristly' or covered with stiff hairs. Plant scientists used this name for the North American red raspberry to show its rough, hairy stems that help tell it apart from relatives, so the name points directly to the red raspberry we know today.