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blunt-leaf heath

blunt-leaf heath

9.9
A small upright shrub from Australia and Tasmania with fragrant white flowers
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : heath de hojas romas
  • The blunt-leaf heath blooms beautifully in the Tasmanian spring.

Examples

  • Gardeners value the blunt-leaf heath for its fragrant flowers and hardy nature.

  • We spotted several blunt-leaf heaths growing along the woodland trail.

  • The blunt-leaf heath blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Many gardeners love the blunt-leaf heath for its fragrant flowers.

  • Gardeners value the blunt-leaf heath for its fragrant flowers and hardy nature.

  • The blunt-leaf heath blooms beautifully in the Tasmanian spring.

  • We spotted several blunt-leaf heaths growing along the woodland trail.

Synonyms

Epacris obtusifolia
vsblunt-leaf heath
  • Specialized
9.9

A small upright shrub from Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers

is the everyday common name rather than the formal scientific label
common heath
vsblunt-leaf heath
  • Australian
9.2

A small upright bush from Australia and Tasmania with sweet-smelling, colorful flowers

is used for the same shrub but specifies ivory colored flowers

Surface Forms

blunt-leaf heath singular
blunt-leaf heaths plural

Morphology

blunt-leaf + heath

The compound is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'blunt' (not sharp) and 'leaf' can infer 'blunt-leaf' means having blunt leaves, and combined with 'heath' (a small shrub) yields a shrub with blunt leaves. This adjective+noun compounding follows regular English morphology and is cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is readily derivable from the parts.

Etymology

The name blunt-leaf heath may come from the simple look of the plant: its blunt leaves, meaning 'not sharp', and the fact it grows as a low heath or 'shrub'. That's why the name describes a small plant with rounded leaves and fragrant flowers.