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单词 wind-flower
释义 ˈwind-flower
[Turner's rendering of L. anemōnē, Gr. ἀνεµώνη; see anemone. Cf. MHG., G. windblume.]
The wood-anemone (Anemone nemorosa), or any plant or flower of the genus Anemone.
1551Turner Herbal i. C v b, Anemone hath the name in Greke of wynde, because the floure neuer openeth it selfe, but when the wynde bloweth..: it may be called wynde floure.1650[W. Howe] Phytol. Brit. 8 The wood Anemone or Windfloure.1714tr. Joutel's Jrnl. Voy. Mexico (1719) 66 A Sort of purple wind Flowers.1820Shelley Sensit. Pl. i. 17 The pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall.1852Whittier April 5 Where wind-flower and violet..On south-sloping brooksides should smile in the light.1898A. Austin Lamia's Winter Quarters 69 The Apennine windflower.
b. A name for species of gentian. (Cf. lung-flower, lung 7.)
1866in Treas. Bot.
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