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fanflower

fanflower noun: any of the plants in the genus Scaevola, of wide tropical distribution, some species of which are better known under other names, such as naupakas, scaevolas, and half-flowers.

Noun

fanflower (plural fanflowers)

  1. Any of the plants in the genus Scaevola, of wide tropical distribution, some species of which are better known under other names, such as naupakas, scaevolas, and half-flowers.

Forms of fanflower

pluralfanflowers

Origin of fanflower

From fan + flower.

Words formed from fanflower

  • broad-leaved fanflower
  • creeping fan-flower
  • cushion fanflower
  • dune fan-flower
  • fairy fan-flower
  • hairy fan-flower
  • rough fan flower
  • shining fanflower
  • skeleton fan-flower
  • small-beard fanflower
  • spiny fan-flower
  • white fanflower

Questions about fanflower

What does fanflower mean?
Fanflower means any of the plants in the genus Scaevola, of wide tropical distribution, some species of which are better known under other names, such as naupakas, scaevolas, and half-flowers.
What part of speech is fanflower?
Fanflower is a noun.
What is the plural of fanflower?
The plural of fanflower is fanflowers.

Words near fanflower in the dictionary

  1. fanfictions
  2. fanfilm
  3. fanfilms
  4. fanfish
  5. fanfishes
  6. fanflower
  7. fanflowers
  8. fanfold
  9. fanfolded
  10. fanfolding
  11. fanfolds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanflower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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