tassel flower

noun

1. love-lies-bleeding.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tassel flower¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

Scarborough has grown it in and around the dainty thistle-like blossoms of the tassel flower, Emilia coccinea.

From Washington Post

DA´YEWÛ=“it sews itself up,” because the leaves are said to grow together again when torn—Cacalia atriplicifolia—Tassel Flower: Held in great repute as a poultice for cuts, bruises, and cancer, to draw out the blood or poisonous matter.

From Project Gutenberg