windflower

windflower
/wind"flow'euhr/, n.
any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.
[1545-55; trans. of Gk amemóne ANEMONE; see WIND1, FLOWER]

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