| 单词 | pasqueflower |
| 释义 | pasqueflower in British English (ˈpɑːskˌflaʊə, ˈpæsk-) noun Symbol: paschal flower, pulsatilla1. 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 Word origin C16: from French passefleur, from passer to excel + fleur flower; changed to pasqueflower Easter flower, because it blooms at Easterpasqueflower in American English (ˈpæskˌflaʊər) noun any of several plants (genus Anemone) of the buttercup family; esp., a North American wildflower (A. patens) of early spring, having silky, hairy foliage and cup-shaped, bluish, solitary flowers Word origin earlier passeflower < MFr passefleur < passer, pass2 + fleur, flower, altered by assoc. with Fr pasque, Pasch |
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