lunaria
/lüˈna(a)rēə/ (ame, mw)
lunaria — noun
1. a flowering plant with purple or white flowers, often grown for its flat, silver
a flowering plant with purple or white flowers, often grown for its flat, silver seed pods
Wei dried a stalk of lunaria and kept the silver seed pods.
dried lunaria with silver seed pods
Lunaria grew beside the fence and bloomed with small purple flowers.
At the spring market, Tara bought lunaria for her shade garden.
The dried lunaria on the dining table caught light like tiny coins.
- flower
a much broader everyday word, not this particular plant
- garden plant
a broader label for any plant grown in a garden
- herb
a botanical category word rather than this exact plant name
文法句型
grow lunaria
a stalk of lunaria
dried lunaria
用法筆記
Usually refers to the plant itself, especially in gardens or dried flower displays. Use sense 2 when naming the scientific group that this plant belongs to.
2. a small group of flowering plants in the cabbage family that includes plants gro
a small group of flowering plants in the cabbage family that includes plants grown for flat, silver seed pods
The museum label placed Lunaria in the cabbage family of flowering plants.
classification: the genus Lunaria
In science class, the teacher said Lunaria has only a few species.
The plant chart shows Lunaria near cabbage and mustard in the same family.
Her field guide listed Lunaria as a European genus with flat seed pods.
- genus
the standard scientific term for this level of plant classification
- plant group
a simpler phrase that explains the idea without the technical label
文法句型
the genus Lunaria
species in Lunaria
用法筆記
Used mainly in botany, science classes, and plant labels when naming the scientific group. Distinguish from sense 1, which means one plant or the plant kind seen in gardens.