windflower

[ wind-flou-er ]

/ ˈwɪndˌflaʊ ər /

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noun

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

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Origin of windflower

1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnēanemone; see wind¹, flower

Words nearby windflower

wind erosion, windfall, windfall tax, windfarm, windflaw, windflower, windgall, wind gap, wind gauge, wind generator, Windham

How to use windflower in a sentence

We heard him, so we watched, and in a little while the Wind came and took the Windflower away with him.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories|Abbie Phillips Walker
When she opened her petals to look around the garden again the little Windflower was not there.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories|Abbie Phillips Walker
Think of the little Windflower having such a story and flying away with the Wind.
Sandman's Goodnight Stories|Abbie Phillips Walker
Had she been a 'nowadays aunt' she might have thought that Mary was not unlike a windflower herself.
A Book of Quaker Saints|Lucy Violet Hodgkin

Only one starry white windflower, clasped tight in her fingers through the long night hours, gradually drooped and died.
A Book of Quaker Saints|Lucy Violet Hodgkin

British Dictionary definitions for windflower

windflower

/ (ˈwɪndˌflaʊə) /

noun

any of various anemone plants, such as the wood anemone

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