Solidago multiradiata
- noun
- Specialized
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Solidago multiradiata
- Botanists identified Solidago multiradiata by the distinctive bristly hairs on its leaf stalks.
Examples
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The slopes were covered with Solidago multiradiata in full bloom, adding a golden hue to the mountain landscape.
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Hikers in the Rockies often encounter patches of Solidago multiradiata along alpine trails.
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The Solidago multiradiata thrives in high altitudes.
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Look at that beautiful Solidago multiradiata over there!
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Hikers in the Rockies often encounter patches of Solidago multiradiata along alpine trails.
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The slopes were covered with Solidago multiradiata in full bloom, adding a golden hue to the mountain landscape.
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Botanists identified Solidago multiradiata by the distinctive bristly hairs on its leaf stalks.
Synonyms
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A tall plant with many small bright yellow flowers often seen in fields in late summer
A plant that grows in mountain meadows with small yellow flowers and stiff hairs on its leaf stalks
Surface Forms
Morphology
Solidago + multiradiata
This is a scientific Latin binomial composed of a genus name and a Latin epithet; a B1 learner who only 'knows the constituent words' (one a proper genus and the other absent from common dictionaries) will not be able to infer the specific botanical meaning. Although taxonomic naming is cross-linguistic, the Latin morphology and specialized botanical sense are unfamiliar to typical learners, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Solidago multiradiata may come from Latin words that describe the plant: Solidago means 'to make whole' because goldenrod was used as a simple medicine, and multiradiata means 'many-rayed', like a small golden sun made of many thin flower rays. So the name helps you picture a healing goldenrod with lots of radiating flowers on mountain slopes.