pasqueflower

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P0095000 (păsk′flou′ər)n. Any of several plants of the genus Pulsatilla (or Anemone) of the buttercup family, having large blue, purple, or white flowers and feathery plumed seeds.

[Alteration (influenced by pasque, Easter, from their flowering in April) of obsolete passeflower, from French passefleur : passer, to pass; see pass + fleur, flower; see flower.]

pasqueflower

(ˈpɑːskˌflaʊə; ˈpæsk-) n1. (Plants) a purple-flowered herbaceous ranunculaceous plant, Anemone pulsatilla (or Pulsatilla vulgaris), of N and Central Europe and W Asia2. (Plants) any of several related North American plants, such as A. patens Symbol: paschal flower or pulsatilla [C16: from French passefleur, from passer to excel + fleur flower; changed to pasqueflower Easter flower, because it blooms at Easter]

pasque•flow•er

(ˈpæskˌflaʊ ər)

n. any of several plants of the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, esp. A. patens, having purple, crocuslike flowers. [Pasque (variant sp. of Pasch) + flower (so named by the herbalist Gerarde in 1597); replacing passeflower < Middle French passefleur; see pass]

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pasqueflower - any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemonepasque flowerwild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plantgenus Pulsatilla, Pulsatilla - includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowersAmerican pasqueflower, American pulsatilla, Anemone ludoviciana, blue tulip, Eastern pasque flower, lion's beard, prairie anemone, Pulsatilla patens, wild crocus - short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and SiberiaAnemone occidentalis, Pulsatilla occidentalis, Western pasqueflower - of western North AmericaAnemone pulsatilla, European pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris - European perennial having usually violet or white spring flowers

pasqueflower

(păsk`flou'ər), name for two similar perennials of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercupbuttercup
or crowfoot,
common name for the Ranunculaceae, a family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs of cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Thought to be one of the most primitive families of dicotyledenous plants, the Ranunculaceae typically have a simple
..... Click the link for more information. family). The Old World pasqueflower (Anemone pulsatilla) was so named because it blossoms around the Eastertime. The American pasqueflower (A. patens), named for its resemblance to the European species, is a bluish, open bell-shaped wildflower of the prairie regions of North America. As a herald of spring and a symbol of old age (from the silvery heads of feathery seeds), the plant has been made the subject of Plains Indian song and legend. It is the floral emblem of South Dakota. Patches of the flowers on their short, furry stems give an appearance of haze; for this reason the plant in the Great Plains region is called prairie smoke. Other names for the American variety are gosling flower, sandflower, windflower, wild crocus, and anemone. It contains a poison and is an irritant when fresh; the crushed leaves were applied by Native Americans as a counterirritant in cases of rheumatism and neuralgia. The pasqueflowers were formerly considered a separate genus (Pulsatilla) from the related true anemones. Pasqueflowers are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Ranunculales, family Ranunculaceae.

Pasqueflower

(Pulsatilla patens), also spreading pasque flower, a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Ranuncu-laceae.

pasqueflower

1. a purple-flowered herbaceous ranunculaceous plant, Anemone pulsatilla (or Pulsatilla vulgaris), of N and Central Europe and W Asia 2. any of several related North American plants, such as A. patens

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noun any plant of the genus Pulsatilla

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