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 Noah Webster
Had she been a 'nowadays aunt' she might have thought that Mary was not unlike a windflower herself.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by L. V. (Lucy Violet) Hodgkin
I had thought of her as a snowdrop at first, then a windflower, the March anemone, with its touch of crimson, then various white, ivory, and cream-coloured blossoms with a faintly-seen pink blush to them.
From A Traveller in Little Things by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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