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windflower

[ wind-flou-er ]

noun

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


windflower

/ ˈwɪndˌflaʊə /

noun

  1. any of various anemone plants, such as the wood anemone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of windflower1

1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnē anemone; wind 1, flower
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Example Sentences

We heard him, so we watched, and in a little while the Wind came and took the Windflower away with him.

When she opened her petals to look around the garden again the little Windflower was not there.

Think of the little Windflower having such a story and flying away with the Wind.

Had she been a 'nowadays aunt' she might have thought that Mary was not unlike a windflower herself.

Only one starry white windflower, clasped tight in her fingers through the long night hours, gradually drooped and died.

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