windflower

[ wind-flou-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.

windflower

/ ˈwɪndˌflaʊə /

1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnē anemone; wind ¹, flower

We heard him, so we watched, and in a little while the Wind came and took the Windflower away with him.

When she opened her petals to look around the garden again the little Windflower was not there.

Think of the little Windflower having such a story and flying away with the Wind.

Had she been a 'nowadays aunt' she might have thought that Mary was not unlike a windflower herself.

Only one starry white windflower, clasped tight in her fingers through the long night hours, gradually drooped and died.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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