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pink fivecorner

pink fivecorner

9.9
A small bush from southwest Australia with scented leaves and pink flowers followed by five-sided fruit
  • noun
  • Australian
translation icon : cinco esquinas rosa
  • Gardeners prize the pink fivecorner for its uniquely shaped fruit and fragrant leaves.

Examples

  • The botanical garden features a beautiful display of pink fivecorner in bloom each spring.

  • During our trip to Western Australia, we spotted several wild pink fivecorner shrubs along the trail.

  • The pink fivecorner blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Many gardeners love the pink fivecorner for its fragrance.

  • During our trip to Western Australia, we spotted several wild pink fivecorner shrubs along the trail.

  • Gardeners prize the pink fivecorner for its uniquely shaped fruit and fragrant leaves.

  • The botanical garden features a beautiful display of pink fivecorner in bloom each spring.

Synonyms

Styphelia triflora
vspink fivecorner
  • Specialized
9.9

A small shrub from southwestern Australia with pink flowers and strongly scented leaves

is cultivated intentionally rather than only being noted for its features

Surface Forms

pink fivecorner singular
pink fivecorners plural

Morphology

pink + fivecorner

The compound is directly compositional: 'pink' denotes the color and 'fivecorner' is analyzable as 'five' + 'corner' meaning five‑cornered, so a learner can infer a pink plant with five‑cornered (pentagonal) features. Descriptive plant names formed from color + shape are cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would be able to derive the basic meaning.

Etymology

Pink fivecorner may come from a simple picture: the shrub has bright pink flowers and a fruit with five clear corners. So the name links color and shape, with pink for the flowers and fivecorner for the five-sided fruit.