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yellow ironweed

yellow ironweed

9.9
A plant with bright yellow flowers that comes back every year
  • noun
  • US
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  • The meadow was filled with bright yellow ironweed blooming in late summer.

Examples

  • Gardeners value yellow ironweed for its vibrant color and ability to attract butterflies.

  • We spotted a cluster of yellow ironweed along the riverbank during our hike.

  • The yellow ironweed blooms beautifully in late summer.

  • Many gardeners love yellow ironweed for its vibrant color.

  • The meadow was filled with bright yellow ironweed blooming in late summer.

  • Gardeners value yellow ironweed for its vibrant color and ability to attract butterflies.

  • We spotted a cluster of yellow ironweed along the riverbank during our hike.

Synonyms

golden ironweed
vsyellow ironweed
  • US
9.6

A plant that lives for many years with tall stems and bright yellow flowers

is named in a plainer, less technical way

Surface Forms

yellow ironweed singular
yellow ironweeds plural

Morphology

yellow + ironweed

This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'yellow' simply modifies the plant 'ironweed', so the meaning 'an ironweed plant that is yellow (has yellow flowers)' is directly derivable. Even if 'ironweed' is a rare headword or missing from a given dictionary, the color + noun pattern is cross-linguistically common and thus immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.

Etymology

Yellow ironweed likely got its name from a simple picture: bright yellow flowers on a wild plant with very tough, iron stems that are hard to pull up. So the name links the colour and the plant's strong, hardy 'weed' nature.