windflower

American  

[wind-flou-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; wind ¹, flower

Example Sentences

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

She recoiled from him with a bound, and trembling like a windflower indeed, her large blue eyes dilating at the intruder with a dismay beyond words.

From Taken Alive by Roe, Edward Payson

We brought out a windflower," said Kloster, "and behold we will return with a rose.

From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice

When sweet wild April Dipped down the dale, Pale cuckoopint brightened, And windflower trail, And white-thorn, the wood-bride, In virginal veil.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert