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satin flower

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sat⋅in-flow⋅er

[sat-n-flou-er]
–noun
a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.

Origin:
1590–1600
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hon·es·ty   (ŏn'ĭ-stē)   
n.   pl. hon·es·ties
  1. The quality or condition of being honest; integrity.

  2. Truthfulness; sincerity: in all honesty.

  3. Archaic Chastity.

  4. Botany A European plant (Lunaria annua) cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round, flat, papery, silver-white seedpods. Also called money plant, satin flower, silver dollar.

satin flower  
n.  
  1. A plant (Clarkia amoena) of coastal California having showy, red-blotched flowers.

  2. See honesty.

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