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crown-beard

crown-beard

9.9
A plant with clusters of yellow or white flowers
  • noun
  • /ˈkraʊnˌbɪrd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : barba de corona
  • Many gardeners plant crown-beard for its attractive clusters of yellow blooms.

Examples

  • The meadows were filled with wildflowers, including several types of crown-beard.

  • Botanists studied the crown-beard to better understand its role in native ecosystems.

  • The crown-beard blooms beautifully in the summer.

  • I saw a crown-beard growing by the river.

  • Many gardeners plant crown-beard for its attractive clusters of yellow blooms.

  • The meadows were filled with wildflowers, including several types of crown-beard.

  • Botanists studied the crown-beard to better understand its role in native ecosystems.

Synonyms

crownbeard
vscrown-beard
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with clusters of small yellow or white flowers

has identical meaning but is written with a hyphen

Surface Forms

crown-beard singular
crown-beards plural

Morphology

crown-beard = crown + beard (semi-transparent) = crown + beard

Both components are lexically clear, but the botanical name is a metaphorical/folk compound for a specific genus, so the precise botanical sense is not fully predictable from 'crown' + 'beard'.

Etymology

Crown-beard comes from the two simple words crown and beard, because the plant often looks like a small 'crown' of flowers with a 'beard' of hair-like parts below the flowers. So, imagine a tiny flower crown with a little beard to remember why gardeners and botanists call Verbesina plants crown-beard.