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
We brought out a windflower," said Kloster, "and behold we will return with a rose.
From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice
Beyond them he saw the forbidden orchard, with cuckoo-flower and primrose, daffodil and celandine, silver windflower and sweet violets blue and white, spangling the gay grass.
From Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Farjeon, Eleanor
In the spring, when the leaves all start, The crocus thrills at its glowing heart, The windflower opens its tinted cup, While the sap mounts merrily up and up.
From The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People by Various
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