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pasqueflower

DEFINITIONS OF: pasqueflower

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n any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone

Synonyms:
pasque flower
Types:
American pasqueflower, American pulsatilla, Anemone ludoviciana, Eastern pasque flower, Pulsatilla patens, blue tulip, lion's beard, prairie anemone, wild crocus
short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
Anemone occidentalis, Pulsatilla occidentalis, Western pasqueflower
of western North America
Anemone pulsatilla, European pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris
European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers
Type of:
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
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