windflower
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of windflower
1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnē anemone; see wind 1, flower
Example Sentences
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The 2- to 3-inch blooms float above beds and borders and sway in the slightest breeze, giving rise to their other common name: windflower.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
Every year the Greek girls mourned for him and every year they rejoiced when his flower, the blood-red anemone, the windflower, was seen blooming again.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Perhaps it would be in the flower garden, perhaps in the summer-house, perhaps in the plantation woods where the windflower and the Judas tree were in bloom.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
What new presence quivered in every listening harebell and every fearful windflower?
From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail
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