windflower

American  

[wind-flau-er] / ˈwɪndˌflaʊ ər /

noun

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

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windflower British  

/ ˈwɪndˌflaʊə /

noun

1. any of various anemone plants, such as the wood anemone

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Etymology

Origin of windflower

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

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Example Sentences

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windflower

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

The windflower blooms in yonder bower All heedless of to-morrow’s storm, Nor trembles for the coming shower The lily’s stately form.

From Wayside Weeds by William Hodgson Ellis

So, though he be as fragile as a windflower, he may assure himself,   I shall not die; I shall not utterly die,   For beauty born of beauty—that remains.

From The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years by Elizabeth Atkins

This is the tomboy month of all the year, March, who comes shouting o'er the winter hills, Waking the world with laughter, as she wills, Or wild halloos, a windflower in her ear.

From Poems by Madison Julius Cawein

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