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Definition of Prairie anemone
1. Noun. Short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia.
Generic synonyms: Pasque Flower, Pasqueflower
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prairie Anemone
Literary usage of Prairie anemone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The turtle and frog also appear. Flora.—In central and northern Alberta the
opening spring brings in the prairie anemone, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Early in April the alders and willows of the Saskatchewan country are in bloom ;
the prairie anemone covers the ..."
3. The World and Its People by Larkin Dunton (1891)
"After the first mild days have come in spring, the prairie anemone, a small flower
of a delicate blue, is found half-hidden by the withered and whitened ..."
4. Our American Neighbors by Fanny Eliza Coe, Larkin Dunton (1891)
"After the first mild days have come in spring, the prairie anemone, a small flower
of a delicate blue, is found half-hidden by the withered and whitened ..."
5. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1860)
"... on the prairie; Anemone nemerosa, Claytonia Virginica, Sanguinaria Canadensis,
Ribes rotundifolium, Hi bes rigens, and Lysimachia ..."
6. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1875)
"... willows are in bloom, and the little prairie anemone covers the dry southern
exposures." The warm weather is appreciable early in April, and the heat of ..."
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