anemone pulsatilla

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anemone pulsatilla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pulsatilla \Pul`sa*til"la\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
     A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower.
     This genus is now merged in {Anemone}. Some species, as
     Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens
     , are used medicinally.
     [1913 Webster]

anemone pulsatilla - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Anemone pulsatilla
      n 1: European perennial having usually violet or white spring
           flowers [syn: European pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris
           , Anemone pulsatilla]