pasque : Idioms & Phrases

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eastern pasque flower

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
WordNet

Pasque flower

  • noun any plant of the genus Pulsatilla; sometimes included in genus Anemone
    pasqueflower.
WordNet
  • (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called also campana.
Webster 1913