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Meaning of PULSATILLA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
 
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 Synonyms: genus Pulsatilla
 
 See Also: buttercup family, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae, magnoliid dicot genus, pasque flower, pasqueflower, Ranunculaceae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pul`sa*til"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
This genus is now merged in {{Anemone}}. Some species, as
{Anemone Pulsatilla}, {Anemone pratensis}, and {Anemone
patens}, are used medicinally.
 

 

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