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Definition of Satin flower
1. Noun. Southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration.
Group relationships: Genus Lunaria, Lunaria
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Satin Flower
Literary usage of Satin flower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-garden: With Directions for the by Elizabeth Kent, Leigh Hunt (1831)
"English, Honesty; Moon-wort; Penny-flower; Money, flower; White Satin-flower;
and Silver-plate. THE Italian name Lunaria, and the English name Moon- wort, ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"In the garden it is called "satin pod" and "satin flower" and the smooth and shining
... is called "satin flower'' "satin pod" and "perennial satin flower. ..."
3. Hardy Perennials and Old-fashioned Garden Flowers: Describing the Most by John Wood (1884)
"SATIN-FLOWER, or RUSH LILT; Nat. ... names may be seen, by a most appropriate;
that of glance at the cut (Kg. 97), to be satin-flower is of American origin ..."
4. A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and by George William Johnson (1829)
"4—Medica б—Caterpillar» 2—Red satin flower—Peony в—Black Hellebore 2—White
Hellebore 2— Ladies Slipper 3—Lily of the Valley 2—Gentian в—Rose ..."
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