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pasque flower

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  • noun Various deciduous perennial flowering plants, of the genus Pulsatilla, found in clumps in certain grassland areas.

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  • noun any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. wild flower
  2. wildflower

hyponyms (15)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. american pasqueflower
  2. american pulsatilla
  3. anemone ludoviciana
  4. anemone occidentalis
  5. anemone pulsatilla
  6. blue tulip
  7. eastern pasque flower
  8. european pasqueflower
  9. lion's beard
  10. prairie anemone
  11. pulsatilla occidentalis
  12. pulsatilla patens
  13. pulsatilla vulgaris
  14. western pasqueflower
  15. wild crocus

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  • qroqqa commented on the word pasque flower

    Originally passe flower, a flower that surpasses others; consciously re-formed by Gerard because it flowers at Easter.

    August 13, 2009

  • bilby commented on the word pasque flower

    Wow, that's tampering with the language.

    August 14, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word pasque flower

    What? How dare he invent a madeupical flower?

    August 14, 2009

  • qroqqa commented on the word pasque flower

    I know. It fair gets your squippleplunch up, doesn't it?

    August 14, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word pasque flower

    *debates on how to reply*

    Er...yes. Yes, it does. Possibly. Or maybe not.

    August 14, 2009