tansy-leaved rocket
- noun
- UK
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rúcula de hojas de tanaceto
- The tansy-leaved rocket grows abundantly in rocky alpine meadows.
Examples
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The hairy leaves of tansy-leaved rocket help it conserve moisture in its mountainous habitat.
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The tansy-leaved rocket blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Botanists sometimes debate whether the tansy-leaved rocket belongs to the genus Sisymbrium.
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Look! A tansy-leaved rocket is blooming!
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The tansy-leaved rocket grows abundantly in rocky alpine meadows.
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The hairy leaves of the tansy-leaved rocket help it conserve moisture in its mountainous habitat.
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The tansy-leaved rocket blooms beautifully in the spring.
Synonyms
A small mountain plant from southern Europe with hairy, star-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
A small plant that lives for many years with bright yellow flowers on mountain slopes
A type of plant with only one kind called the tansy-leaved rocket
Surface Forms
Morphology
tansy-leaved + rocket
The phrase is fully compositional: 'tansy-leaved' describes leaves like those of the tansy plant and it modifies 'rocket' (the herb), so the meaning 'a rocket plant with tansy-like leaves' is directly derivable from the parts. This follows standard adjective+noun composition and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Tansy-leaved rocket: The name tansy-leaved rocket comes from the plant's leaves, which look like the herb tansy, and from rocket, an old word for peppery 'mustard-family' plants. So the name helps you picture a mustard herb with leaves like tansy.
