scarlet clematis
- noun
- US
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clemátide escarlata
- Wild scarlet clematis can be seen blooming in parts of Texas each spring.
Examples
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The garden featured a beautiful scarlet clematis climbing along the fence.
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I planted a scarlet clematis in my garden last year.
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She planted a scarlet clematis to add vibrant color to her backyard.
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The scarlet clematis blooms beautifully in the spring.
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She planted a scarlet clematis to add vibrant color to her backyard.
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The garden featured a beautiful scarlet clematis climbing along the fence.
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Wild scarlet clematis can be seen blooming in parts of Texas each spring.
Synonyms
A climbing plant from Texas with bright red, bell-shaped flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a clematis with scarlet flowers' is directly derivable from combining 'scarlet' (a bright red color) with 'clematis' (a flowering vine). This adjective + noun composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common descriptive pattern with no idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Scarlet clematis simply describes the plant: scarlet means 'bright red' and clematis is 'a climbing vine', so the name gives you the image of a red-flowering clematis vine.
