cây còi
Definition
Noun: - A stunted or dwarfed plant: A plant that has not grown to its normal or expected size due to unfavorable conditions, disease, genetic factors, or lack of nutrients. It is often small, underdeveloped, and may appear unhealthy.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Vườn nhà tôi có một cây còi không bao giờ ra hoa. (My garden has a stunted plant that never blooms.)
- Thiếu ánh sáng mặt trời có thể biến một cây khỏe mạnh thành một cây còi. (Lack of sunlight can turn a healthy plant into a dwarfed plant.)
Advanced Usage
- "cây còi cọc": An intensified phrase emphasizing severe stunting or sickly growth.
- Khu đất cằn cỗi chỉ mọc toàn những cây còi cọc. (The barren land only grows severely stunted, sickly plants.)
Variants and Related Words
- Còi cọc (Adjective): Stunted, undersized, sickly (used for plants, animals, or sometimes people to describe poor growth).
- Đứa trẻ đó trông hơi còi cọc. (That child looks somewhat stunted.)
- Cây trồng (Noun): Cultivated plant, crop. (This is the general term for a planted crop, in contrast to a specifically stunted one).
Synonyms
- Cây lùn: Dwarf plant (can imply a naturally small variety or a genetically stunted one).
- Cây cằn cỗi: Barren or withered plant (emphasizes lack of vitality, often due to poor soil).
Related Phrases
- Phát triển còi cọc: To develop in a stunted manner.
- Cây phát triển còi cọc vì thiếu nước. (The plant developed in a stunted manner due to lack of water.)
Related Idioms
- (Người) Còi cọc như cây còi: (A person) as stunted as a dwarfed plant. This idiom compares a person's small, weak physical stature to that of a stunted plant.
- Đứa bé suy dinh dưỡng, còi cọc như cây còi. (The malnourished child is as stunted as a dwarfed plant.)
noun
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Dwarfed; stunted plant
