Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The pasqueflower, Anemone Pulsatilla; also, in pharmacography, A. pratensis and A. patens (var. Nuttalliana).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in
Anemone . Some species, asAnemone Pulsatilla ,Anemone pratensis , andAnemone patens , are used medicinally.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
plants , of the former genus Pulsatilla, including thepasque flower , some of which are used as medicinal herbs
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
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Examples
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The pasqueflower (Anemone pulsatilla) was so named because it blossoms around Eastertime/Passover.
Rich Wolf: Where Do All the Flowers Grow? Rich Wolf 2010
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For even more evidence that homeopathists understand nothing of chemistry, here is another mind-busting statement from the pulsatilla site:
Nightmare Advice on Allergies Steve Carper 2008
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The pasqueflower (Anemone pulsatilla) was so named because it blossoms around Eastertime/Passover.
Rich Wolf: Where Do All the Flowers Grow? Rich Wolf 2010
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Glad to hear you can grow the pulsatilla, even floppy they must be wonderful.
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I get quite delighted when things, like these amazing, unlikely pulsatilla flowers take root where they want to be and unless I object strenuously to its new placement – in the middle of the phlox or in the cracks in the path – I let things alone.
Ten Things Tuesday: Updates « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2009
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It's Pasqueflower pulsatilla patens, and never having been in the Rockies in May, I have never encountered it along the trails.
Details from the road, Tunnel Mountain Lemon Hound 2009
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Here we have two colors of pulsatilla vulgaris and its furry stalks and flowers, which turn into something that looks very much like the puffball Horton hauled around in the Dr. Seuss book.
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I got this Horton from this blog and while I still contend that pulsatilla is a likely Seussian stand-in, the folks at Suburban Wildlife Garden may have a more compelling argument about a flower found in Texas…
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Consult index for agitated fear of aconite, melancholy of muriatic, priapic pulsatilla.
Ulysses 2003
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For chronic catarrh, pulsatilla 6th to 30th or, if this fails, kali sulph 6th to 12th will be effective.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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