cushion calamint
- noun
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calaminta
- She planted cushion calamint alongside the lavender to attract pollinators.
Examples
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The garden was filled with the fragrance of blooming cushion calamint in summer.
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Have you seen the cushion calamint at the botanical garden?
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Botanists noted the resilience of cushion calamint in rocky soils.
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The cushion calamint blooms beautifully in the garden.
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The garden was filled with the fragrance of blooming cushion calamint in summer.
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She planted cushion calamint alongside the lavender to attract pollinators.
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Botanists noted the resilience of cushion calamint in rocky soils.
Synonyms
An aromatic herb with small pink or white flowers that grows in meadows and gardens
A small aromatic herb with pink or white flowers used in cooking
A fragrant plant that lives for several years with small pink or white flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
cushion + calamint
This is a compositional plant name: 'calamint' names the herb and 'cushion' specifies its growth habit (low, dense, cushion-like). A B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it denotes a variety of calamint with a cushion form, so the meaning is transparently derived from the constituents.
Etymology
Cushion calamint may come from the plant's look and smell: it grows low and round like a cushion and has a minty scent, which is the calamint part. So the name helps you remember it is a small, scented 'herb' with clusters of pink or white flowers.
