What does windflower mean?
Windflower means Synonym of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Synonym of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa)..
Herba venti, Anemone. Wind flower, the juyce snuffed up the nose purgeth the head, it cleanseth filthy ulcers, encreaseth milk in nurses, and outwardly by ointment helps Leprosyes.
“When windflowers blossom on the sea And fishes skim along the plain, Then we who part this weary day, Then you and I shall meet again.”
The first windflowers were out, and all the wood seemed pale with the pallor of endless little anemones, sprinkling the shaken floor.
“[…] We spent an hour in a hazel copse, picking primroses and looking at the little white windflowers. One doesn’t pick the windflowers,” he explained, “because in an hour they’re withered. […]”
Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.
Use windflower when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Windflower means Synonym of wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa)..
Common synonyms include wood anemone, anemone.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Herba venti, Anemone. Wind flower, the juyce snuffed up the nose purgeth the head, it cleanseth filthy ulcers, encreaseth milk in nurses, and outwardly by ointment helps Leprosyes.
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