guinea flower
- noun
- Australian
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flor de guinea
- She planted several guinea flowers along the fence to add color and texture to the yard.
Examples
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Many landscapers choose guinea flower because it thrives in warm, sunny climates.
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The garden's centerpiece was a beautiful guinea flower with its vibrant yellow blooms.
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The guinea flower blooms beautifully in spring.
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Have you seen the guinea flowers in the garden?
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The garden's centerpiece was a beautiful guinea flower with its vibrant yellow blooms.
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She planted several guinea flowers along the fence to add color and texture to the yard.
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Many landscapers choose guinea flower because it thrives in warm, sunny climates.
Synonyms
A climbing plant that stays green all year with large bright yellow flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound clearly signals a type of flower because of the head noun 'flower', so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would infer it refers to some kind of flower. However, 'guinea' is an opaque or ambiguous modifier here (not linked to the familiar coin sense and not indicating the plant's Australasian origin or yellow-flower properties), so the full specific meaning is not predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Guinea flower probably got its name from the bright, coin-like gold of its single yellow blooms. People thought the petals looked like an old guinea gold coin, so the name helps you remember the plant's showy yellow flower.
