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meadow bright

meadow bright

9.7
A plant that grows in wet places with bright yellow flowers like buttercups
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : marsh marigold
  • Children picked meadow bright to put in their spring wildflower bouquets.

Examples

  • The wetland restoration project reintroduced meadow bright to the local ecosystem.

  • I saw a meadow bright by the river yesterday.

  • A cluster of meadow bright bloomed by the edge of the stream, lighting up the wet ground.

  • The meadow bright blooms beautifully in the spring.

  • A cluster of meadow bright bloomed by the edge of the stream, lighting up the wet ground.

  • The wetland restoration project reintroduced meadow bright to the local ecosystem.

  • Children picked meadow bright to put in their spring wildflower bouquets.

Synonyms

marsh marigold
vsmeadow bright
  • UK
1 6.7

A plant that grows in wet places with bright yellow flowers like buttercups

is a descriptive phrase rather than the established common name
Caltha palustris
vsmeadow bright
9.9

A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in marshes

is the common descriptive phrase rather than the scientific term
May blob
vsmeadow bright
  • UK
9.9

A plant with bright yellow flowers like buttercups that grows in wet places

is the standard descriptive phrase rather than a local informal name
kingcup
vsmeadow bright
  • UK
9.9

A plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in wet places like ponds

is the specific descriptive phrase for that particular swamp plant

Surface Forms

meadow bright singular
meadow brights plural

Morphology

meadow + bright

The phrase transparently signals something 'bright' associated with a 'meadow', so a learner can infer a brightly coloured meadow plant in a broad sense. However, the precise botanical meaning (a specific swamp plant with buttercup-like yellow flowers) is lexicalized and not fully predictable from the constituents, so full understanding requires prior exposure.

Etymology

Meadow bright gets its name from how the plant looks: its bright 'yellow' flowers light up wet meadows. The word meadow shows where it grows and bright describes the colour, so the name helps you picture the plant.