globeflower

[ glohb-flou-er ]

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.

globeflower

/ ˈɡləʊbˌflaʊə /

noun

1. any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Trollius, having pale yellow, white, or orange globe-shaped flowers

Word History and Origins

Origin of globeflower¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; globe + flower

Example Sentences

By recreating the glades which once existed in dense forest cover, they provide home for up to 120 flowering species, among them the devil's-bit scabious, globeflower, great burnet, lady's-mantle, oxeye daisy, pignut and wood crane's-bill.

From The Guardian

Out of a low cave of rock, at the foot of a limestone crag, the great fountain rose, quelling, and bubbling, and gurgling, so clear that you could not tell where the water ended and the air began; and ran away under the road, a stream large enough to turn a mill; among blue geranium, and golden globeflower, and wild raspberry, and the bird cherry with its tassels of snow.

From Project Gutenberg