ram's horn
- noun
- US
:
cuerno de carnero
- I spotted a ram's horn growing along the roadside, easily recognized by its long, beak-like blossom.
Examples
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The ram's horn blooms each spring, displaying its distinctive curved flowers across the fields.
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Gardeners in Texas often cultivate ram's horn for its striking appearance and resilience.
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The ram's horn plant blooms beautifully in the spring.
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I saw a ram's horn in the botanical garden.
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Gardeners in Texas often cultivate ram's horn for its striking appearance and resilience.
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I spotted a ram's horn growing along the roadside, easily recognized by its long, beak-like blossom.
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The ram's horn blooms each spring, displaying its distinctive curved flowers across the fields.
Synonyms
A yearly plant with large pale flowers and long curved seed pods like a claw
A plant with large spotted flowers and a long curved beak-shaped flower part
A plant with large pale flowers and a long curved seed pod like a beak
A plant with large pale flowers and a long curved beak-like seed pod
A plant that lives one year with pale flowers marked with purple and a long curved seed pod
A plant with pale flowers spotted purple and a long curved seed pod like a claw
Surface Forms
Morphology
ram's + horn
The name is metaphorical: knowing 'ram' and 'horn' signals a curved, horn-like shape which gives a clear clue to the plant's form, but it does not directly indicate that the referent is a flowering plant or convey the specific botanical features. Because the relation is based on resemblance (partially predictable) but the full meaning (a particular plant) requires lexical knowledge, this is best judged semi-transparent.
Etymology
Ram's horn may come from the plant's long, curved flower or seedpod that looks like a ram's horn. That's why the plant is called 'ram's horn' today.
