Pulsatilla

pulsatilla

(ˌpʌlsəˈtɪlə)

n

(Plants) another name for pasqueflower

[C16: from Medieval Latin, from pulsāta beaten (by the wind)]

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pulsatilla

- Can refer to the shaking of a flower in the wind.

See also related terms for shaking.

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Pulsatilla - includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers genus Pulsatilla magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms buttercup family, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae pasque flower, pasqueflower - any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone

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