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pasqueflower
(pask′flo̵u′ər)
noun
any of several plants (genus Anemone) of the buttercup family; esp., a North American wildflower (A. patens) of early spring, having silky, hairy foliage and cup-shaped, bluish, solitary flowers
Origin: earlier passeflower < MFr passefleur < passer, pass + fleur, flower, altered by assoc. with Fr pasque, Pasch
See pasqueflower in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Anemone, especially A. patens, having large blue, purple, or white flowers, each producing many conspicuously plumed achenes.
Origin:
Origin: Alteration (influenced by pasque, Easter, from their flowering in April)
Origin: of obsolete passeflower
Origin: , from French passefleur
Origin: : passer, to pass; see pass
Origin: + fleur, flower; see flower
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