climbing boneset
- noun
- US
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hierba de hueso trepadora
- Gardeners admire the climbing boneset for its ability to grow up tree trunks and trellises.
Examples
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The fragrant flowers of the climbing boneset attract many butterflies in the rainforest.
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Some traditional healers use climbing boneset in remedies for its pleasant scent and medicinal properties.
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The climbing boneset is often found in tropical regions.
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I saw a climbing boneset growing on the trees.
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Gardeners admire the climbing boneset for its ability to grow up tree trunks and trellises.
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The fragrant flowers of the climbing boneset attract many butterflies in the rainforest.
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Some traditional healers use climbing boneset in remedies for its pleasant scent and medicinal properties.
Synonyms
A tropical American plant that climbs trees and has flowers that smell like vanilla
A tropical climbing plant that grows up trees and has small flowers that smell like vanilla
A climbing plant with vanilla-scented flowers that climbs up trees
A climbing tropical plant with flowers that smell of vanilla
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a boneset that climbs' is directly derivable from 'climbing' (present participle of 'climb') modifying 'boneset'. This participle+noun composition is a common, transparent descriptive pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it refers to a climbing species of boneset.
Etymology
Climbing boneset is named because of how it grows: climbing shows it climbs up trees, and boneset was a common name for plants people used to help bone pain and fever. Imagine its sweet, vanilla-scented flowers climbing a tree; that image helps you remember it means 'a boneset plant that climbs'.
