Windflower

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa).

    "Herba venti, Anemone. Wind flower, the juyce snuffed up the nose purgeth the head, it cleanseth filthy ulcers, encreaseth milk in nurses, and outwardly by ointment helps Leprosyes."

  2. 2
    any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves wordnet

Synonyms

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anemoneanemonewood anemonewood anemone

Example

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"Windflower is a raccoon whose owner is pocahontas."

Etymology

From wind + flower.

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snowdrop windflower

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