satin-flower
[ 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 of satin-flower
1First recorded in 1590–1600
Words Nearby satin-flower
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How to use satin-flower in a sentence
There is one especially, called Sisyrinchium, whose common name of satin-flower describes a surface almost metallic in its lustre.
Lore of Proserpine | Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for satinflower
satinflower
/ (ˈsætɪnˌflaʊə) /
noun
the greater stitchwort: See stitchwort
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