windflower

[ wind-flou-er ]

noun

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

Origin of windflower

1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnēanemone; see wind¹, flower

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How to use windflower in a sentence

If I see aright, there are some pale windflowers blowing yonder, beside that old tree, though it is full early for them still.
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet Hodgkin
Grey among the grey tree-trunks little Mary flitted about, gathering her precious windflowers.
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet Hodgkin
The details given are as far as possible historical, but the setting, the walk, and the windflowers are imaginary.
A Book of Quaker Saints | Lucy Violet Hodgkin
She will wear her green gown, the emerald gown she wore When the white-faced windflowers blew along the lane.
Fires of Driftwood | Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
The foliage is bright and compact, more freely produced than that of most Windflowers; it is also richly cut.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers | John Wood

British Dictionary definitions for windflower

windflower

/ (ˈwɪndˌflaʊə) /

noun

any of various anemone plants, such as the wood anemone

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