wandflower

Definitions of wandflower
  1. noun
    a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers
    synonyms: Sparaxis tricolor
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    type of:
    flower
    a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
  2. noun
    tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall
    synonyms: Galax urceolata, beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, galaxy
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    type of:
    herb, herbaceous plant
    a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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