windflower

[ wind-flou-er ]

/ ˈwɪndˌflaʊ ər /

any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.

Origin of windflower

1545–55; translation of Greek amemṓnē anemone; see wind¹, flower

"The only gift I crave is what nobody can give," said Windflower.

The Blue Rose Fairy Book |Maurice Baring
She had been christened Mercy, but the people called her the "Windflower."

The Village of Youth |Bessie Hatton
The "Windflower" seemed to have been bruised by a rough tempest.

The Village of Youth |Bessie Hatton
And she grew up to be as beautiful and as good as Windflower, and she never gave away her mother's ring.

The Blue Rose Fairy Book |Maurice Baring

Had she been a 'nowadays aunt' she might have thought that Mary was not unlike a windflower herself.

A Book of Quaker Saints |Lucy Violet Hodgkin

windflower

/ (ˈwɪndˌflaʊə) /

any of various anemone plants, such as the wood anemone