Windflower

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See anemone.
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  • n. An early spring flowering species of the family Ranunculaceae; Anemone nemorosa.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See anemone.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A plant of the genus Anemone, chiefly the wood-anemone, A. nemorosa: so called by translation of the classic name of an anemone or other plant anciently associated with the wind. The wind-loving reputation of this plant appears to have been conferred chiefly by the name.
  • n. The marsh-gentian, Gentiana Pneumonanthe.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flower   
    Variant
    anemone   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wood anemone    smell fox    European thimbleweed   
    Same Context
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