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pulsatilla
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pulsatilla has 1 sense
- pulsatilla(n = noun.plant) genus pulsatilla - includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers; Array is a kind of magnoliid dicot genus
is a member of buttercup family, crowfoot family, family ranunculaceae, ranunculaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
pulsatilla, n. [NL.].
A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone Anemone Pulsatilla , Anemone pratensis , and Anemone patens , are used medicinally. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pulsatilla, n. any plant of the genus Pulsatilla, esp. the pasque-flower.
Etymology
mod.L dimin. of pulsata fem. past part. (as PULSATE), because it quivers in the wind
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