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heart-leaved aster

heart-leaved aster

9.8
A woodland plant with heart-shaped leaves and pale late-summer flowers
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : aster de hoja en forma de corazón
  • Gardeners often plant the heart-leaved aster for its attractive foliage and late-summer blooms.

Examples

  • The heart-leaved aster thrives in shady woodland areas across eastern North America.

  • While hiking, we spotted a cluster of heart-leaved asters growing near the forest edge.

  • The heart-leaved aster blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • I planted several heart-leaved asters in my garden.

  • Gardeners often plant the heart-leaved aster for its attractive foliage and late-summer blooms.

  • The heart-leaved aster thrives in shady woodland areas across eastern North America.

  • While hiking, we spotted a cluster of heart-leaved asters growing near the forest edge.

Synonyms

Aster cordifolius
vsheart-leaved aster
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that lives for many years with heart-shaped leaves and pale blue or white flowers

is the common name used in everyday English rather than scientific form

Surface Forms

heart-leaved aster singular
heart-leaved asters plural

Morphology

heart-leaved + aster

The phrase is transparently compositional: 'heart-leaved' (= having heart-shaped leaves) modifies 'aster' (a type of flower), so the meaning 'an aster with heart-shaped leaves' is directly derivable from the parts. This follows regular adjective + noun morphology and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Heart-leaved aster gets its name from how the plant looks: the leaves are shaped like a heart (heart-leaved) and it is an aster, a small flower. So the name simply points to 'a woodland aster with heart-shaped leaves'.