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Meaning of WINDFLOWER

Pronunciation:  'wind`flawur

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 Definition: [n]  any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
 
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 Synonyms: anemone
 
 See Also: Alpine anemone, Anemone Canadensis, Anemone cylindrica, Anemone nemorosa, Anemone quinquefolia, Anemone sylvestris, Anemone tetonensis, Canada anemone, flower, genus Anemone, mountain anemone, snowdrop, snowdrop anemone, snowdrop windflower, thimbleweed, wood anemone

 

 

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Windflower
Set against the austere landscape of northern Labrador, `Windflower is the poignant story of Elsa Kumachuk, a young Inuit woman torn between two worlds by the birth of her blond-haired, blue-eyed son.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wind"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
The anemone; -- so called because formerly supposed to open
only when the wind was blowing. See {Anemone}.
 

 

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