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Wallflower   Listen
noun
Wallflower  n.  
1.
(Bot.) 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. Note: The name is sometimes extended to other species of Cheiranthus and of the related genus Erysimum, especially the American Western wallflower (Erysimum asperum), a biennial herb with orange-yellow flowers.
2.
A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator. (Colloq.)
3.
(Bot.) In Australia, the desert poison bush (Gastrolobium grandiflorum); called also native wallflower.






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Words linked to "Wallflower" :   flower, shy person, Siberian wall flower, Erysimum, shrinking violet, Erysimum cheiri, Cheiranthus cheiri, genus Cheiranthus, Cheiranthus



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