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

    August 13, 2009

  • Wow, that's tampering with the language.

    August 14, 2009

  • What? How dare he invent a madeupical flower?

    August 14, 2009

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

    August 14, 2009

  • *debates on how to reply*

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

    August 14, 2009