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WINDFLOWER

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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