THIMBLEWEED

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles

Synonyms:

Anemone cylindrica; thimbleweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("thimbleweed" is a kind of...):

anemone; windflower (any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thimbleweed"):

Anemone riparia; longheaded thimbleweed (thimbleweed of northern North America)

Anemone virginiana; Virginia thimbleweed (thimbleweed of central and eastern North America)