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WINDFLOWER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
Synonyms:
anemone; windflower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("windflower" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "windflower"):
Alpine anemone; Anemone tetonensis; mountain anemone (silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers)
Anemone Canadensis; Canada anemone (common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado)
Anemone cylindrica; thimbleweed (a common North American anemone with cylindrical fruit clusters resembling thimbles)
Anemone nemorosa; wood anemone (European anemone with solitary white flowers common in deciduous woodlands)
Anemone quinquefolia; snowdrop; wood anemone (common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers)
Anemone sylvestris; snowdrop anemone; snowdrop windflower (Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers)
Holonyms ("windflower" is a member of...):
genus Anemone (perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions)