swamp azalea
- noun
- /swɑmp əˈzeɪliə/
- US
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azalea de pantano
- Others are swamp rose, winterberry, sweet pepperbush, brook alder, and swamp azalea.
Examples
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In early summer, the swamp azalea's pinkish blooms attract various pollinators to the garden.
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Some of the shrubs are black chokeberry, blue huckleberry, silky willow, swamp azalea, and sweet gale.
Academic text (2011) -
The swamp azalea thrives in wet, marshy areas, producing beautiful white flowers in spring.
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The swamp azalea is known for its fragrant flowers, making it a popular choice for wetland landscaping.
Synonyms
A shrub that grows in wet ground and has small white or pink flowers
A bush with fragrant white to pink flowers like honeysuckle that grows in swampy places
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a type of azalea that grows in swamps' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'swamp' (wetland) + 'azalea' (flowering shrub). This noun-noun compound follows a common productive pattern (habitat modifier + plant name) that is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Swamp azalea names an azalea shrub that lives in wet, low ground called a swamp. Picture a small plant standing in shallow water with white-pink, sweet-smelling flowers that look like honeysuckle, and you can see why people call it swamp azalea to mean 'an azalea from the swamp'.
