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单词 pasqueflower
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pasque•flow•er  (paskflou′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyan Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  2. Plant Biologya related plant, A. patens, having similar flowers: the state flower of South Dakota.
  • Middle French passefleur; see pass
  • replacing passeflower Pasque (variant spelling, spelled of Pasch) + flower (so named by the herbalist Gerarde in 1597)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pasqueflower /ˈpɑːskˌflaʊə ˈpæsk-/ n
  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
Etymology: 16th Century: from French passefleur, from passer to excel + fleur flower; changed to pasqueflower Easter flower, because it blooms at Easter
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