pinwheel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
noun a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim
noun a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind

From pin + wheel.

It seemed a long time, although it was really only a few minutes, before the last pinwheel subsided. — Anne of Avonlea, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Ordinarily clock hands at Carver House went whirling around their dials like pinwheels, and the chimes were continually striking the hour. — The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery; Or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House, Hildegard G. Frey
Persis went through the air like a pinwheel, and those who witnessed the affair gave up her and the horse for dead. — What Will People Say? A Novel, Rupert Hughes

Aeonium haworthii

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