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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several plants of the genus Pulsatilla (or Anemone) of the buttercup family, having large blue, purple, or white flowers and feathery plumed seeds.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of pasque flower.

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  • noun any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration (influenced by pasque, Easter, from their flowering in April) of obsolete passeflower, from French passefleur : passer, to pass; see pass + fleur, flower; see flower.]

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    June 7, 2011