wildflower

or wild flow·er

[ wahyld-flou-er ]

/ ˈwaɪldˌflaʊ ər /

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noun

the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.

the plant itself.

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Origin of wildflower

First recorded in 1790–1800; wild + flower

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How to use wildflower in a sentence

He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.
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He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).
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The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.
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Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
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The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
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The white men served their smoking cannon with a wild energy that, for a time, made the gallant nine equal to a thousand.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
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British Dictionary definitions for wildflower

wild flower

noun

Also: wildflower any flowering plant that grows in an uncultivated state

the flower of such a plant

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