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Sabbatia

Sabbatia

9.9
A group of thin North American plants with bright pink or white flowers that grow in wet meadows
  • noun
  • /sæˈbeɪʃə/
  • Specialized
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  • The marsh was filled with the delicate pink blossoms of Sabbatia.

Examples

  • Botanists studied several species within the genus Sabbatia during their field research.

  • The Sabbatia blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • Sabbatia plants thrive in wet meadows and attract many pollinators.

  • I saw a Sabbatia in my grandmother's garden.

  • Botanists studied several species within the genus Sabbatia during their field research.

  • The marsh was filled with the delicate pink blossoms of Sabbatia.

  • The Sabbatia plants thrive in wet meadows and attract many pollinators.

Compounds

Sabbatia angularis
  • Specialized
9.9

A marsh plant with pink flowers that grows in the eastern United States

Sabbatia campestris
  • Specialized
9.9

A grassland plant with a single lilac flower found in central North America

Sabbatia stellaris
  • Specialized
9.9

A marsh plant with pink flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States

prairia Sabbatia
  • Specialized
9.9

A small prairie plant with a single light purple flower

Surface Forms

Sabbatia singular
Sabbatiae plural

Etymology

Sabbatia is a plant name that may originally honour a person, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of Sabbath, a familiar word that means 'a day of rest'. Picture resting in a wet meadow full of its pink or white flowers, and that calm image will help you remember Sabbatia as a showy, gentle herb.