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crowflower

crowflower noun: a kind of campion.

Noun

crowflower (plural crowflowers)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of campion.
    • There with fantastic garlands did she come / Of crowflowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of crowflower

pluralcrowflowers

Origin of crowflower

From crow + flower?

Questions about crowflower

What does crowflower mean?
Crowflower means a kind of campion.
What part of speech is crowflower?
Crowflower is a noun.
What is the plural of crowflower?
The plural of crowflower is crowflowers.

Words near crowflower in the dictionary

  1. crower
  2. crowers
  3. crowest
  4. croweth
  5. crowfeet
  6. crowflower
  7. crowflowers
  8. crowfoot
  9. crowfoot cell
  10. crowfoot cells
  11. crowfooted

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