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/wˈɔlflˌaʊər/ Listen

Wallflower

noun

Any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers.

Perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum. Synonyms: Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri.

Remains on sidelines at social event.

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"Wallflower" Quotes from Famous Books

... pantries smelt of painted wood; the kitchen had cost old Polly two or three unnecessary miles of walking every month of her twenty-six years' tenancy. Martie liked the garden best, and the old stables painted white. She loved the rich mingled scents of wallflower and alyssum and lemon verbena; and, as they walked about, she tucked a velvet plume of dark heliotrope into the belt of her thin white gown. "My first colour!" she said ...

— Martie the Unconquered • Kathleen Norris

... perhaps, but which I love with thrills in my spine—and that's a kind of understanding—whenever a character comes on the stage he or she always is followed by a certain strain of music—music that expresses character, and seems even to describe a person. Well, wallflower perfume might be your leitmotif. Can't you hear perfume? I can. Just as you can seem to see music—wonderful, changing colours. The wallflower scent's all around us now. It's you. But through it ...

— Winnie Childs - The Shop Girl • C. N. Williamson

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