windflower

A plant of the genus Anemone, chiefly the wood-anemone, A. nemorosa: so called by translation of the classic name of an anemone or other plant anciently associated with the wind. The wind-loving reputation of this plant appears to have been conferred chiefly by the name.

The marsh-gentian, Gentiana Pneumonanthe.

The anemone; — so called because formerly supposed to open only when the wind was blowing. See anemone.

An early spring flowering species of the family Ranunculaceae; Anemone nemorosa.

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