large-flowered fiddleneck

9.9

An annual plant with large coiled flower spikes that grows in the western United States and is threatened

noun

Specialized

: fiddleneck de flores grandes

The large-flowered fiddleneck blooms in spring along the hills of California.

Examples

Conservationists are working to protect the habitat of the large-flowered fiddleneck.
Wildflower enthusiasts often search for the rare large-flowered fiddleneck during hiking trips.
The large-flowered fiddleneck blooms in the spring.
Have you ever seen a large-flowered fiddleneck in bloom?
Conservationists are working to protect the habitat of the large-flowered fiddleneck.
The large-flowered fiddleneck blooms in spring along the hills of California.
Wildflower enthusiasts often search for the rare large-flowered fiddleneck during hiking trips.

Synonyms

Amsinckia grandiflora

vslarge-flowered fiddleneck

Specialized

9.9

A threatened plant that lives for one year from the western United States with large coiled flower spikes

is the common name for the same species rather than the scientific name

Surface Forms

large-flowered fiddleneck singular

large-flowered fiddlenecks plural

Morphology

large-flowered + fiddleneck

This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'large-flowered' (large + flowered) modifies 'fiddleneck' (a plant with coiled flower clusters), so the meaning is simply a fiddleneck that has large flowers. The construction is fully compositional and follows regular adjective-noun patterns common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Large-flowered fiddleneck comes from the look of its blooms: the flower spikes curl like the 'neck of a fiddle' and this kind has especially large flowers. So the name describes a plant with a curled fiddleneck of big flowers, which helps you remember this rare wildflower found in parts of the western United States.