Pasque
//pæsk// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pasque flower. uncommon
"COMMENTS : The Pasque flower is among the first spring mountain wildflowers to bloom. […] Pasques do not say much, but I infer that their preference harks back to the glacier that put the gravel there. Only gravel ridges are poor enough to offer pasques full elbow-room in April sun."
Example
More examples"COMMENTS : The Pasque flower is among the first spring mountain wildflowers to bloom. […] Pasques do not say much, but I infer that their preference harks back to the glacier that put the gravel there. Only gravel ridges are poor enough to offer pasques full elbow-room in April sun."
Etymology
From pasque flower.
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