windflower

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves

From wind + flower.

The Windflower stepped forward boldly, and a breath of breeze ran through her hair and raised her banner. — A flower book, Eden Coybee
Perhaps it would be in the flower garden, perhaps in the summer-house, perhaps in the plantation woods where the windflower and the Judas tree were in bloom. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
They sow no other seeds but the three sorts of windflowers, rue, and herbs that may make one break wind to the purpose; these scour them off carefully. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais

anemone

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