Definition of Shadflower

1. Noun. Annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules.

Exact synonyms: Draba Verna, Shad-flower, Whitlow Grass
Generic synonyms: Draba

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shadflower

shade off
shade tree
shadebob
shadebobs
shaded
shaded riverine aquatic cover
shadeful
shadeless
shadelessly
shader
shaderless
shaders
shades
shades of
shadflies
shadflower (current term)
shadfly
shadier
shadiest
shadily
shadiness
shadinesses
shading
shadings
shadkhan
shadkhanim
shadkhans
shadlunite
shado beni
shadoof

Literary usage of Shadflower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"... south to Florida, Kentucky and Wisconsin. Often forms large patches. Winter or mountain pink. Gravel-plant. Crocus. shadflower. March-May. 22. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1912)
"... range, uses, etc 13 marilandica, synonym for Cassia marilandica 13 wild, same as American senna 13 shadflower, same as gravel plant 18 Shamrock, water, ..."

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