windflower

[ wind-flou-er ]

noun

1. any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.

windflower

/ ˈwɪndˌflaʊə /

noun

1. any of various anemone plants, such as the wood anemone

Word History and Origins

Origin of windflower¹

1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnē anemone; wind ¹, flower

Example Sentences

We heard him, so we watched, and in a little while the Wind came and took the Windflower away with him.

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When she opened her petals to look around the garden again the little Windflower was not there.

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Think of the little Windflower having such a story and flying away with the Wind.

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Had she been a 'nowadays aunt' she might have thought that Mary was not unlike a windflower herself.

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Only one starry white windflower, clasped tight in her fingers through the long night hours, gradually drooped and died.

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