yellow avens
- noun
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geum amarillo
- Gardeners appreciate yellow avens for its bright blooms that appear in early summer.
Examples
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Many hikers notice yellow avens growing along woodland edges and shaded meadows.
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The botanist collected a specimen of yellow avens for further study.
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The yellow avens bloomed beautifully in the garden.
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I spotted a yellow avens while hiking in the woods.
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Many hikers notice yellow avens growing along woodland edges and shaded meadows.
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Gardeners appreciate yellow avens for its bright blooms that appear in early summer.
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The botanist collected a specimen of yellow avens for further study.
Synonyms
A small bush-like plant with bright yellow flowers that grows back each year
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward adjective + noun combination where 'yellow' specifies the color of the plant 'avens'; the meaning (an avens plant that is yellow) is directly and transparently derived from the constituents. The adjective–noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows basic English grammar, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Yellow avens is a simple plant name: yellow for its bright flowers and avens an old word for certain wild plants in the rose family. One idea says avens may come from a word for 'oats' because the seeds look a little like grains, so the name helps you remember it is a yellow-flowered wild plant.
