WALLFLOWER
\wˈɔːlfla͡ʊə], \wˈɔːlflaʊə], \w_ˈɔː_l_f_l_aʊ_ə]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.
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A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
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In Australia, the desert poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum); - called also native wallflower.
By Oddity Software
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A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.
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A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
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In Australia, the desert poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum); - called also native wallflower.
By Noah Webster.
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A hardy plant of the cabbage family with sweet-scented, yellow flowers; colloquially, one who, at a ball or party, remains by the wall watching the dance.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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