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yellow henbane

yellow henbane

9.9
A plant that grows on sandy shores and has yellow-green flowers and orange or yellow berries
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • She warned the children not to pick the yellow henbane berries along the shore.

Examples

  • The dunes were dotted with yellow henbane thriving in the salty air.

  • The yellow henbane grows abundantly along the coast.

  • Researchers studied the distribution of yellow henbane along the Atlantic coastline.

  • Have you ever seen a yellow henbane in bloom?

  • Researchers studied the distribution of yellow henbane along the Atlantic coastline.

  • She warned the children not to pick the yellow henbane berries along the shore.

  • The dunes were dotted with yellow henbane thriving in the salty air.

Synonyms

Physalis viscosa
vsyellow henbane
  • Specialized
9.9

A beach plant that grows from Virginia to South America with greenish yellow flowers and yellow or orange berries

is the common, non-Latin name for the same seaside plant

Surface Forms

yellow henbane singular
yellow henbanes plural

Morphology

yellow + henbane

This is a simple adjectival combination where 'yellow' specifies the colour/variety of the noun 'henbane', so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a yellow form of the henbane plant (e.g., with yellowish flowers or berries). There is no idiomatic or metaphorical shift and the colour+noun pattern is cross-linguistically common, making the meaning directly derivable.

Etymology

Yellow henbane probably got its name from old farmers: hen + bane meant a plant that could 'kill' hens, and 'yellow' describes its greenish-yellow flowers and berries. So the name tells you it is a yellow, poisonous plant.