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PRAIRIE ANEMONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie anemone mean?
• PRAIRIE ANEMONE (noun)
The noun PRAIRIE ANEMONE has 1 sense:
1. short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
Familiarity information: PRAIRIE ANEMONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American pasqueflower; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; blue tulip; Eastern pasque flower; lion's beard; prairie anemone; Pulsatilla patens; wild crocus
Hypernyms ("prairie anemone" is a kind of...):
pasque flower; pasqueflower (any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone)
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